Robin Westman Annunciation church shooter lived with Minneapolis parents who signed off on gender change. Parents identified as James and Mary Grace Westman

Robin Westman, the 23-year-old Minnesota man who opened fire at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, resided with his parents at a neighboring location, and neighbors described the family as 'quiet and keeping to themselves.'

The incident, which occurred around 8:15 a.m., killed two children and injured 17 others, including 14 children, two of whom were badly injured.

According to public records, Westman's father, James Westman, owns a home in south Minneapolis, less than a mile from Annunciation, at South 1st Avenue and East 57th Street. Police were stationed outside the home, which was secured with crime scene tape.

🚨 On documents for a legal name change in 2021 for Robert Paul Westman to Robin Westman, Mary Grace Westman is listed.

She (shoot*rs mother) was an employee of Annunciation Catholic Church and retired in 2021.

This horrific crime was premeditated and the location personal. https://t.co/Pz0peghcvI pic.twitter.com/YfF2ipUkYU

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According to KSTP sources, the shooter at Annunciation Church is Robin Westman, 23. According to court filings, Westman, born Robert Westman, changed his name in 2020 and identified as a woman.

A woman listed as Westman's mother in the name change forms worked at Annunciation Church for around five years until retiring in 2021, according to a shared church Facebook post. The mother was named as Mary Grace Westman.

Robert Westman reportedly changed his name to Robin in 2020 when he was still a minor, a change that required his mother’s signature, according to a Minnesota government document shared on social media by Washington Free Beacon Editor Peter J. Hasson. Westman changed his name because he ‘identifies as a female and wants her name to reflect that identification,’ the application stated.

Robin Westman confirmed to have lived with his parents close to Annunciation church

Neighbors said the home was occupied by a man, a woman, and an adult child whom identified as Robin Westman’s parents. Neighbors gave a variety of accounts about their interactions with the family. Some say the family kept to themselves, others say they were friendly. One neighbor even described Robin Westman as a nonviolent kid.

Mary Grace Westman and transgender son, Robin Westman.

Westman is also believed to have posted manifesto videos to her YouTube page, which has since been taken down. A four page letter described the gunman ‘wanting to kill himself,’ along with expressing their disillusionment with religion and culture at large.