Man named by church mass shooter condemns ‘hateful’ act

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The person named in a disturbing video allegedly made by the prime suspect in Wednesday’s mass capturing at a Catholic church and faculty is talking out and condemning the shooter’s "hateful and mindless act."

Brandon Herrera, a Second Modification activist, YouTuber and Texas Republican congressional candidate, responded to being named within the shooter’s video in an announcement emailed by his marketing campaign to Fox Information Digital.

Herrera stated, "I am horrified by this clearly hate-motivated assault on harmless kids and disgusted that my identify got here out of this demon's mouth."

Herrera went on to say, "I meet hundreds of individuals yearly at SHOT Present in Las Vegas, however I don’t bear in mind this particular person in any respect, nor does anybody I used to be there with."

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Legislation enforcement officers collect exterior the Annunciation Church's faculty in response to a reported mass capturing, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP Picture)

"Nonetheless, I'm making myself totally accessible to the FBI and some other legislation enforcement company which have questions," he added.

Herrera additionally talked about that he's "coordinating with associates in legislation enforcement to see how my group and I can finest help these households affected by this hateful and mindless act."

Authorities confirmed to Fox Information on Wednesday that the suspected shooter who killed two faculty kids throughout a Catholic mass in Minneapolis glided by two names, Robin Westman and Robert Westman.

Westman is accused of fatally capturing two kids and injuring 17 others at Annunciation Catholic Faculty on Wednesday morning. Police say Westman is deceased, probably of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Households reunite exterior the police barricades after a capturing at Annunciation Church, which can be dwelling to an elementary faculty, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Aug. 27, 2025. (Ben Brewer/REUTERS)

A disturbing video posted by an individual utilizing the identify Robin Westman was deleted from YouTube after the capturing, exhibiting handwritten pages of a pocket book, bullets, weapons with messages painted on them, and commentary from whoever filmed them. The authenticity of the clip has not been confirmed by authorities.

Through the video, the individual filming commented, "Brandon Herrera for president. Yeah, I met Brandon Herrera at SHOT Present final 12 months and he and I had a dialog, a quick dialog, we agreed on a number of issues, so y’all ought to vote for Brandon Herrera for president."

SHOT Present, which is an acronym for "Capturing, Searching, and Out of doors Commerce Present," is an annual commerce present held in Las Vegas.

Mark Oliva, a spokesperson for NSSF, which owns and operates SHOT Present, advised Fox Information Digital in an emailed assertion that although Westman claimed to have attended SHOT Present, "NSSF has verified that the assassin’s identify will not be amongst any of the attendees at SHOT Present in 2024, or any 12 months prior."

Oliva stated that "solely these registered are allowed entry into SHOT Present and the commerce present will not be open to the general public."

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Legislation enforcement officers collect exterior the Annunciation Church's faculty in response to a reported mass capturing, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP Picture)

Herrera, who additionally goes by the moniker "TheAKGuy" on X, additionally responded to the tragedy on social media, saying, "I can't, nor will I ever say the identify of the gutless coward who determined to take the lives of harmless folks in Minneapolis right this moment."

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"My coronary heart goes out to the household of these affected, however to the shooter, I've one factor to say in response. F--- you. Burn in hell," wrote Herrera.