Haunting footage shows suburban Minneapolis home where trans gunman plotted school attack
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Chilling new video showcases the two-story residence on a tree-lined corner, where Robin Westman is thought to have amassed an arsenal and plotted Wednesday’s horrific assault on Annunciation School. A Ring camera image, exclusively acquired by Fox News Digital, depicts his van parked outside the home a day prior to the mass shooting.

This four-bedroom standalone house, nestled in the St. Louis Park area of the city, seemed vacant. A modest front lawn with mature trees, overgrown bushes, and a single porch light illuminated its façade, complemented by a disconnected doorbell.

The upper front window, presumed to be Westman’s room, was open as nearby residents recounted how their typically serene neighborhood was disrupted Wednesday. That day, police surrounded the property hours following the tragic incident at the school, where two children were killed and 18 others injured. Westman ended his life on school premises.

The frontage of the St. Louis Park rental house, where Robin Westman allegedly stored weapons before targeting Annunciation School. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)

Strikingly, a neighbor’s Ring footage captured what seems to be Westman’s van stationed outside the house on Tuesday. Authorities indicated that Westman utilized a Ram ProMaster City van, registered to his father, to execute the attack at the school.

Two-story split-level house in St. Louis Park with beige siding, red deck, and fenced yard, believed to be where Robin Westman stayed before the shooting.

The rear and side perspective of the St. Louis Park rental, where Robin Westman is believed to have resided prior to the Annunciation School incident, revealing the elevated deck and side entrance. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)

The Ring video is time-stamped at 4:24 p.m. on Aug. 26 — just one day before the attack at Annunciation School.

“It was gone by Wednesday. It was not there at all,” neighbor Brianna Seidl told Fox News Digital. The vehicle was later found abandoned outside the church with a door left open.

Seidl said that neighbors had no idea that the house was related to the shooting until Friday, when a search warrant became public, revealing that investigators were hunting for firearms, explosives, and written manifestos. Court filings confirm they seized tactical gear, digital storage devices and documents from the St. Louis Park rental, although no weapons were listed.

Robin Westman driver's license photo

An undated driver’s license photo shows Robin M. Westman, 23, identified by police as the gunman who opened fire during a Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. Westman’s identity in the photo was confirmed by two Fox News sources. (Obtained by Fox News)

Neighbors said they saw law enforcement leaving with boxes. 

“It’s still kind of in the processing stage, you know. The gravity kind of starts to hit when you think about our location, you know, library, parks, school,” Seidl said. “The owner of the house was really compliant, opened the door right up for them… from what I saw, he was never detained. And he just kind of let the officers do whatever they had to do.”

Seidl said that she never had any interactions with Westman but saw him rollerblading on the street before.

Robin Westman in a Youtube video

Screenshots from a YouTube video posted by Robin M. Westman, 23, show the suspect police identified as the gunman in the Aug. 27, 2025, Minneapolis church school shooting. (Obtained by Fox News)

“Never met Robin, no interactions, she didn’t live here very long,” Seidl said, adding that the community is in a state of shock.

Several neighbors, including Eliane Lardell, who has lived on the street for 50 years, described the landlord as “very nice” and were unsure if Westman was a friend of the landlord or if it was simply a rental relationship.

Fox News Digital was unable to get in contact with the landlord. It remains unclear as to who was living with Westman in the house at the time of the shooting.

The entire 1,684-square-foot house was listed this summer for rent at $3,500 per month, available from July 1.

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“The large deck is perfect for gatherings with trees for summer privacy and a spacious feeling,” an advertisement reads. “The corner lot offers a small fenced garden for pets or children and larger open yard.”

The house, built in 1972, has a modest-looking interior with a split-entry layout and a white-tiled kitchen with classic appliances. It also has hardwood floors in other areas and a finished daylight basement, per the advertisement.

In Westman’s video, it appears he briefly steps out of the second-floor bedroom and into the open-plan area. 

“Scibbidy, Scibbidy,” Westman riffs maniacally before showing his vape and saying, “I didn’t ask for life. You didn’t ask for death. I’ll make my own f—ing stars,” before walking back into the bedroom.

Neighbors said they were shaken to learn that the killer had been plotting his crimes there undetected, raising questions about whether anyone had noticed the cache of weapons building up inside the rental.

Exterior of a two-story split-level house with beige siding and red deck in St. Louis Park, where Robin Westman was believed to have stayed.

The St. Louis Park rental house where suspected Annunciation School shooter Robin Westman is believed to have stayed in the weeks before Wednesday’s attack. (Michael Dorgan/Fox News Digital)

“We saw a lot of cars coming and going, but I really didn’t see a lot of people,” Lardell told Fox News Digital. “It’s so extremely quiet, and I don’t know when we’ve ever had a questionable incident. We’ve lived here 50 years, so nothing has ever happened. It’s quiet. So, with this happening, it’s just concerning.”

Her shock deepened when she thought about the school itself, a place woven into the community.

“But it is so heartbreaking. I think this shooting got to me really pretty bad,” Lardell said. “I mean, these children are sitting in mass in their pews praying. … And he went there. He went to that school.”

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