Footage captured the moment federal agents appeared in Florida looking for the Minnesota mass shooter’s mother as she refused to cooperate with police and retained legal representation.
The scene unfolded outside Mary Grace Westman’s East Naples apartment on Wednesday, hours after her son, Robin Westman, opened fire on Annuciation Church in Minneapolis, Minn., killing two kids and wounding 18 others.
A group of casually dressed agents wearing sunglasses and holding binders walked through the complex before they reached Westman’s home and banged on the front door, where they called for “Miss Westman,” according to video from WINK NEWS.
Westman, who worked at Annunciation Catholic School until 2021, didn’t answer the door and the agents eventually left the complex.
Her whereabouts currently remain unclear, as authorities revealed that she is not cooperating with police in the investigation.
“We have not been successful in talking to the shooter’s mother,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said during a press conference Thursday.
The elder Westman is being sought by police for help in understanding why her son unleashed the heinous attack on Annunciation Church.
Westman later retained criminal defense attorney Ryan Garry following the shooting, according to Fox News.
“She is completely distraught about the situation and has no culpability but is seeking an attorney to deal with calls like this,” Garry told the outlet.
Despite coming up empty in their Florida search for Westman, police executed four search warrants on Wednesday and retrieved hundreds of pieces of evidence, including electronic devices.
Westman signed off on her son’s legal name change, which went from Robert to Robin, in 2020. He was 17 years old when he changed her name.
Here’s what we know about the Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis
Robin died from a self-inflicted gunshot after the shooting and identified as a trans woman, but claimed to have “brainwashed” himself into being transgender.
The claim was part of disturbing videos and a manifesto published to Robin’s YouTube account around the time he opened fire on the Minneapolis Catholic school.
“I can’t cut my hair now as it would be an embarrassing defeat, and it might be a concerning change of character that could get me reported. It just always gets in my way. I will probably chop it on the day of the attack,” he wrote, according to a translation of the document conducted by The Post.
“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,” Robin wrote.
The 23-year-old gunman targeted the church as it was holding a back-to-school Mass and wanted to watch the children suffer.
He was a graduate of the school and his mother had worked as a secretary for five years until her retirement in 2021, according to the church’s website.
The two fatal victims were identified as 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski.
Fifteen other children were wounded along with three older parishioners; some of the victims remain in critical condition.
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