Federal agents descended on a Florida condo belonging to the mother of transgender school shooter Robin Westman after she refused to cooperate with authorities investigating the deadly attack.
Plainclothes FBI agents could be seen in video footage arriving at Mary Grace Westman’s Naples, Florida condominium and banging on the door as the windows and shades were shuttered.
When they received no answer at the front door, the agents scurried to the backdoor – but had no success there either, WINK News reports.
The feds were apparently not the only ones looking to speak with Westman on Thursday. Deputy vehicles from the local Collier County Sheriff’s Office were seen circling the Berkshire Lakes condominium complex.
The federal response to her home came as it was revealed police received disturbing calls from the family’s Minneapolis home years earlier.
It is now believed Mary Grace fled the home on Thursday, as police in Minneapolis, have not been able to speak to her concerning her 23-year-old child’s horrific shooting rampage at the Annunciation Catholic Church.
Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski were killed in the shooting and 18 others were injured when Westman opened fire during morning Mass.
Mary Grace Westman, the mother of shooter Robin Westman, 23, has reportedly refused to cooperate with authorities investigating the mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Wednesday
Plainclothes FBI agents were seen arriving at her condominium in Naples, Florida to try to speak with her about the tragedy
‘We have not been successful in talking to the shooter’s mother,’ Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a news conference on Thursday, without providing any further details.
Hours later, it emerged that Mary Grace has retained an attorney to represent her out of an abundance of caution.
‘She is completely distraught about the situation and has no culpability but is seeking an attorney to deal with calls like this,’ Attorney Ryan Garry told Fox News.
Meanwhile, Naples residents were left shocked as news of Mary Grace’s connection to the Minneapolis shooting spread.
She had worked at the Annunciation Church School up until her retirement in 2021, and Robin – who previously went by Robert until changing names in 2019 to reflect ‘identifying as a woman’ – graduated from the school in 2017.
‘It was shocking as it always is and just a great tragedy – someone who wants to hurt children especially, but then hearing how close to home it was was pretty shocking too,’ one neighbor told WINK, describing the elder Westman as a helpful and well-regarded member of the community.
‘She’s talked about quite highly and she’s been very helpful to a lot of neighbors when neighbors were in need,’ the neighbor said.
‘I feel bad, I feel sad, that these kinds of things happen and you know, I felt bad for everyone in Minnesota.’
Robin Westman killed two children and wounded 18 other victims in the horror mass shooting
The victims were identified on Thursday as eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski
Back in Minneapolis, local outlets reported that Mary Grace was also in disbelief when she learned her child was the killer, as neighbors told the New York Post they had always seemed like a ‘great family’.
Stephen Jeglosky recounted how his ‘jaw dropped’ when he saw the news, revealing he last spoke to the family around two years ago when they were celebrating a graduation.
He recalled that the Westman family stopped him to ask him to take some photos of their celebrations, and they ‘seemed like a great family’.
‘There were kids running around, parents drinking, music playing. Their little Chihuahua nipped me in the ankle,’ he added.
‘They gave me a beer, and I went on my way. I guess you never know who somebody is.’
It also emerged on Thursday that the Westman family has had officers called to their home in Hastings, Minnesota at least twice before.
In January 2018, a police officer in Eagan, Minnesota was dispatched to the family’s home over a mental heal issue, according to a heavily-redacted police report obtained by NBC News.
The officer notes in the report that he ‘assisted Mendota Heights with a check welfare on a juvenile.’
The name of that juvenile and what exactly prompted police to be summoned to the three-bedroom home were redacted.
Westman attended the school he targeted in the mass shooting, graduating from there in 2017
The youngest of three children whose parents divorced in 2013, Robin Westman (seen front right with her family) lived in Hastings, Minnesota, before Mary and Jim split (second from left)
Police were also dispatched to the Westman’s home two years prior when they responded to a report of a ‘criminal offense.’
But the report blacks out all of the details describing the event.
Still, O’Hara said authorities did not have any information indicating that the school shooter suffered from any type of mental illness that would preclude her from obtaining pistols or semiautomatic weapons under Minnesota’s red flag law.
‘There is nothing in the investigation so far that would lead us to believe that anything was missed,’ he said, noting that beyond a traffic ticket Westman did not have a police record.
The school shooter was the youngest of three children born to Mary Grace and her now ex-husband, Jim, before they got divorced in 2013.
Years later, Mary Grace was a signatory to the killer’s application in 2019 to change from Robert to Robin.
In the filing, she wrote that the move was to reflect that her child was ‘[identifying] as a woman’.
But, according to a former employee at Annunciation Catholic School, Mary struggled with her child’s transition.
Community members gather at the scene of the mass shooting where two children were killed
Westman’s twisted manifesto (pictured) has also been unearthed in the aftermath of the deadly shooting, offering some clues into what went through the alleged killer’s mind
She had confided in the employee that Westman was transgender and identified as a girl and admitted: ‘I don’t know how I feel about this.’
‘I think she was struggling with her Catholic faith… She didn’t know how she felt, but it weighed heavily on her,’ the employee said.
Over the years, Mary had also reportedly voiced concerns over Westman’s behavior at school and social issues.
Westman didn’t have any friends in eighth grade and was disruptive in class, often being sent to the principal’s office, the employee said.
In a chilling insight into the mass shooter’s mindset, Westman shared a manifesto in a video on YouTube that included cryptic handwritten scrawlings and tributes to other killers.
In the rambling notes, the transgender shooter complained about being ‘tired of being trans’ and said she had been ‘brainwashed’.
‘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,’ the killer wrote.
‘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.’
Westman also wrote about struggling with how to identify, adding: ‘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.’
Westman shared the manifesto (pictured) during a video posted via their since-deleted YouTube account that appeared to show the layout of the church where the shooting unfolded
In another 20-minute video, Westman showed off a kill-kit of ammunition, magazines and firearms, while revealing a twisted obsession with school shooters, along with a dislike of President Donald Trump, and mockery of the Church.
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’.
‘Unfortunately, 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 wrote.
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.’
