page two, which explains that Westman was "severely depressed" and had "been suicidal for years" but "[o]nly recently [...] lost all hope." the shooting is what they consider "their final action."
![[...] I love you all and truly appreciate the time I have spent with you. I have such an amazing family and it hurts me to throw this wrench into the works of you good people. I feel hope when with you, I cherish our time together. I appreciate all that you have taught me and I felt inspired to be like you when I grew up. I hope you are able to move on and continue your lives without being forever followed, forever haunted by my actions. Forget me and all that I am. Hold onto yourselves and your loved ones. I love you all. And to my friends, I trust you all to give your memory of me however you see fit. I am sorry for the confusion and heartbreak this will bring. I truly appreciate all of you for showing me a good life and helping me through dark times. I have had so many good times that gave me hope, unfortunately this world has too much pain to deal out that I can't cover up with the good sides of life. I hope you all can move on and forget the pain I've caused. I have wanted this for so long. I am not well. I am not right. I am a sad person, haunted by these thoughts that do not go away. I know this is wrong but I can't seem to stop myself. I am severely depressed and have been suicidal for years. Only recently have I lost all hope and decided to perform my final action against this world. I don't want to kneel down for the injustices of this world. I want to die. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees, constantly in pain.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lb5rzms2ky5fmp6clthjwuvx/bafkreidfjfin2qr4m6yvefkmfsmfyrfndrlkcm2whmpaa6dtok32fciqbm@jpeg)
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I just don't get why this needs to lead to shooting innocent children PRAYING in a church. You're suicidal. You want to die. I understand that. But WHY take others with you, who also have parents they love, just like you did yours?
aug 27, 2025, 9:47 pm • 3 0 • view
This seems to be a very common thing with mass shooters. They’re suicidal and hate the world and want others to suffer too. But also a very common thing for men in general. “Ah I hate my perfect wife and kids. Must take them out before I end my own life or run off”. patriarchy? Toxic masculinity?
aug 27, 2025, 11:48 pm • 5 1 • view
It's a pretty widespread sentiment online that suicide is a waste unless you go for a mass shooting high score in the process
aug 28, 2025, 12:50 am • 0 0 • view
Ya that sounds like toxic masculinity 10000% :/
aug 28, 2025, 3:09 pm • 0 0 • view
page three, which gives a further motive: Westman believed they were dying of "lung cancer" due to "vaping and other means." their understanding of cancer and its symptoms appears shallow and paranoid.
aug 27, 2025, 8:28 pm • 54 0 • view
This stupid bint got that "information" from an LLM, didn't she. I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn this is the first ChatGPT-mediated massacre...
aug 27, 2025, 11:11 pm • 0 0 • view
page four, the final page of the Latin-script manifesto. it includes a warning: "I wouldn't recommend any of you to read my journals, unless you REALLY want to, but be warned." it's unclear whether the warning is addressed toward their loved ones or the general public.
![I love you all, I will remember you. Pray for the victims and their families. I Love You [heart] Dad, Mom, Jack, Martha, Theresa, Joe, Jared, Phil, Liam — Robin M Westman 2002-2025 [signature:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lb5rzms2ky5fmp6clthjwuvx/bafkreibolepr2n73qbken3rnepj2gxkijzw27jxlr2cmyg32slb6bxvgk4@jpeg)
aug 27, 2025, 8:33 pm • 47 0 • view
besides the manifesto: the video begins with a sketch of Walter White from Breaking Bad. a cube and number 5 are etched onto his hat. Westman groans and laughs as they show the sketch. the original sketch (which I've attached a variation of in the second image) does not include the cube.
aug 27, 2025, 8:42 pm • 39 0 • view
on their bed is a revolver. gun folks: model identification would be nice! (full frame included for as much of a size reference as I have.)
aug 27, 2025, 8:53 pm • 31 0 • view
as they flip through the manifesto, they speak out loud: "Um, here's my, umm, note to my family and shit. D'uh... wow, some— some English writing, wow. Hope you can read that! Hahaha, haha. Yeah. D'um... peace, love, unity, and guns." they then drop a large number of bullets. (identifications?)
aug 27, 2025, 9:06 pm • 33 0 • view
the video repeatedly appears to be 'shitposty.' verbalizations are often incoherent; a drink is loudly slurped; they claim the video is sponsored by "BlackRock," "ExxonMobil," "Pabst Blue Ribbon," and "Brandon Herrera," the firearms YouTuber, who they support as a presidential candidate; and so on.
aug 27, 2025, 9:14 pm • 46 0 • view
Brandon Herrera is a Republican, which blows to smithereens the right-wing media efforts to depict the shooter as a liberal or lefty.
aug 27, 2025, 9:18 pm • 6 0 • view
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon...
aug 27, 2025, 9:18 pm • 3 0 • view
From Threads user barbaraj.sobel today: "In this now-deleted video, alleged Minneapolis church shooter Robin Westman told supporters to vote for Republican House candidate Brandon Herrera..."
aug 27, 2025, 10:26 pm • 2 1 • view
Yes. But the shooter identified as trans. God help the LGBTQ folks now when the felon president gets ahold of this information and decides to degrade himself further by targeting trans folks even more than he has already. The shooter was one f*cked up human.
aug 27, 2025, 10:05 pm • 4 0 • view
were there autogenerated subtitles? Those could be keywords meant to come up in YT searches. YT will add subtitles unless you manually delete them.
aug 27, 2025, 11:38 pm • 1 0 • view
imagery is all over the place politically. at one point, as they discuss firearms YouTuber "Vintage Warfare" and explain how they promote "love and peace and, uh, accepting differences," they make an 'OK' gesture, which may be a nod to the 'white power' usage of the symbol.
aug 27, 2025, 9:20 pm • 35 1 • view
at one point, they show this plank (see alt text). at another point, they show a shooting target with an illustration of Jesus at the top.
aug 27, 2025, 9:29 pm • 29 0 • view
their verbalizations are similarly 'shitposty.' as they show more munitions (identifications, please!), they say: "I'm sorry... to my family. Um, but that's it. That's the only people that I'm sorry to. Fuck those kids." they flip off the camera, then walk down a hallway, singing the word "skibidi."
aug 27, 2025, 9:33 pm • 36 0 • view
they have a large amount of writings on magazines, guns, and clothing that show that political variance. they show familiarity with the actions of the FBI ("Waco," "Vicki Weaver") and FSB (including a patch on their clothing), Queer in-jokes, and alt-right politics.
aug 27, 2025, 10:10 pm • 38 0 • view
Despicable coward! 🤬
aug 27, 2025, 9:57 pm • 0 0 • view
those are snap caps, I think .223/5.56? snap caps are inert replicas of live rounds which can be cycled through a gun for training or troubleshooting
aug 27, 2025, 11:32 pm • 0 0 • view
One of those bullets looks like it has the Discord logo on it.
aug 27, 2025, 9:48 pm • 1 0 • view
others ID'd the revolver model. It's nothing out of the ordinary and likely chosen because they're plentiful on the second hand market. That ammo's just 38 special FMJ ball, what people might call "range ammo". Cheap and basic, what people generally get for practice.
aug 27, 2025, 9:19 pm • 5 0 • view
Not an expert, but it looks like a Smith & Wesson .38 caliber revolver.
aug 27, 2025, 9:00 pm • 9 0 • view
yeah, model 36 with a 3 inch barrel
aug 27, 2025, 9:05 pm • 7 0 • view
pretty close example www.ar15.com/forums/Handg...
aug 27, 2025, 9:06 pm • 6 0 • view