An ABC reporter is facing calls to be fired for misleadingly linking Minneapolis shooter to Donald Trump. Chief Investigative Reporter Aaron Katersky (pictured) was reporting on the events inside the Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday where Robin Westman killed two kids.

Katersky mentioned the transgender gunman having left a video manifesto in which she revealed a twisted obsession with school shooters, along with a dislike of President Trump, and made a mockery of the Church. Katersky said: ’23-year-old Robin Westman was able to leave what police called a video manifesto that they’re now going through to try and establish motive. There are also photos of the weapons, and they include all sorts of writings: the names of past mass shooters, criticism of Israel, the name of President Trump written on the guns. There are also racial slurs, nihilistic statements, all painting the picture of a disturbed individual who carried out this mass shooting on the first week of school at the Annunciation church in Minneapolis.’

His failure to mention the shooter’s disdain for Trump while mentioning the commander-in-chief has caused an outcry online, with the President’s son even making comment. Donald Trump Jr. shared the ABC footage to his X profile, posting: ‘[expletive] is wrong with these people!???’ Vince Coglianese, Daily Caller editor, added: ‘ABC reporter refers to ‘the name of President Trump written on the guns’ without mentioning that the message was ‘k*ll Donald Trump.’

Fox News’ Mary Katherine Ham and her colleague Guy Benson posted: ‘So irresponsible. An obvious lie’, and ‘We call this obfuscation ‘anti-journalism’.’ Matthew Boyle, Washington Bureau Chief for Breitbart News Network, commented: ‘ABC should terminate this person immediately.’ Two young children, aged 8 and 10, were killed in the shooting while 18 other victims – 15 of which were children – were wounded.

Trump called for flags be lowered to half-staff in honor of those who lost their lives when Westman started firing into the church. The president branded the shooting a ‘senseless act of violence’ and urged prayers for the victims. Police said the two children who lost their lives were killed as they sat in the church pews, while others ducked for cover as the horror unfolded.

Westman, who was transgender, was armed with three guns – a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol – police said. All were used in the attack and bought legally. Police are now investigating the killer’s motive for the shooting, including probing the disturbing videos posted on Westman’s since-deleted YouTube account. Westman also showed the camera pages of handwritten notes in a final letter to family and friends. In the letter, Westman claimed to have cancer caused by a vaping habit. ‘I think I am dying of cancer. It’s a tragic end as it’s entirely self inflicted. I did this to myself as I cannot control myself and have been destroying my body through vaping and other means,’ the shooter wrote.

Westman went on to write about wanting ‘to go out on my own means’, adding: ‘due to my depression, anger and twisted mind, I want to fulfill a final act that has been in the back of my head for years,’ Westman said. The note was signed with the name ‘Robin M Westman, 2002-2025’ and what appeared to be a bird drawing.

As well as the warped letter, the video also showed a stash of gun magazines, with white writing scrawled on them. Several school shooters’ names including ‘Lanza’ for Sandy Hook mass shooter Adam Lanza was seen on some of the cartridges. One of the other cartridges was labeled: ‘For the children.’