Minneapolis church shooter said he was 'tired of being trans' in manifesto

Minneapolis church shooter Robin Westman, who was born male but self-identified as female, said in an online manifesto that he was "tired of being trans."

Westman, 23, born Robert but changed his name in 2020, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Wednesday after shooting students and worshipers at the Annunciation Catholic Church during morning mass. He killed two children and injured 18 other people.

In a YouTube video, Westman shared his journal, much of which was encrypted in his own code of Russian Cyrillic script and English words, The New York Post reported.

“I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself,” Westman wrote, according to a translation by The Post.

“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 added.

“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,” Westman said.

“I don’t want to dress girly all the time but I guess sometimes I really like it. I know I am not a woman but I definitely don’t feel like a man,” he also wrote.

Police officials said Westman's mother used to work at the church until she retired in 2021. Westman graduated from the pre-K through 8th grade Annunciation Catholic School in 2017.