Minneapolis Mayor Condemns Anti-Trans Attacks Following Church Shooting: ‘Lost Their Sense of Common Humanity’

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called out anyone using Wednesday’s church shooting as a way to attack the transgender community.

The shooting took place Wednesday morning at the adjoining church at Annunciation Catholic School. Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed. Seventeen other people — including 14 more children — were wounded in the attack.

Police later identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, formerly Robert. Westman turned the gun on himself after opening fire on the church from outside. He used a rifle, a shotgun, and a handgun.

During a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Frey singled out those who have used the shooter’s identity to launch anti-trans attacks:

And I have heard about a whole lot of hate that’s being directed at our trans community. Anybody who is using this as an — using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community, or any other community out there, has lost their sense of common humanity. We should not be operating out of a place of hate for anyone. We should be operating from a place of love for our kids. Kids died today. This needs to be about them. This needs to be wrapping our arms around these families with every bit of love that we can possibly show. And I know that our Minneapolis family and well beyond is prepared to do exactly that.

And so, my message to everyone out there is, again, these families are experiencing some acute pain right now; but don’t just think of these as somebody else’s kids. Think of your own. Let’s make sure that we’re acting now to not just say it’s never happening again, but ensure it doesn’t.

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