Transgender mass shooter Robin Westman, 23, confessed in a handwritten manifesto that he was “tired of being trans” and wished he had “never brain-washed” himself before opening fire at a Minneapolis Catholic church.
The attack killed two children and wounded 17 others before Westman took his own life.
The writings, posted online shortly before the shooting, were partly encrypted in a mix of Russian Cyrillic script and English words.
Translated passages showed Westman expressing regret over his transition and resentment over his long hair, which he said symbolized his identity struggle.
Troubling Confessions
“I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself,” he wrote. In another entry, he admitted, “I regret being trans.. I wish I was a girl I just know I cannot achieve that body with the technology we have today. I also can’t afford that.”
Court documents show Westman legally changed his name from Robert to Robin in 2020 after identifying as female.
Yet in later writings, he