The household of a 10-year-old woman killed by a transgender mass shooter has accused YouTube of failing to flag alarming movies posted by her assassin — together with a manifesto warning of the approaching atrocity.
Harper Moyski was killed alongside Fletcher Merkel, 8, when Robin Westman, 23, shot up the Catholic church on the Annunciation Faculty in Minneapolis throughout a welcome mass for college students in August 2025, injuring 27 others earlier than turning the gun on himself.
Westman — who was born Robert, a male, earlier than figuring out as feminine with the brand new title Robin — ought to have been flagged as a risk after posting movies on-line glorifying violence, weapons and racism, legal professionals planning a lawsuit on behalf of Moyski’s household advised KARE.
Essentially the most alarming clips have been posted hours earlier than the mass taking pictures — together with a deranged manifesto with diagrams of the church, attorneys Bakari Sellers and Greg Francis famous of posts beforehand authenticated by cops.
“The household feels very strongly that extra might’ve been achieved, extra ought to’ve been achieved, with these movies that have been posted, uploaded to YouTube,” Francis stated.
“There are security protocols that ought to’ve been in place.”
Realizing that YouTube “might have saved her life however selected to not is greater than any dad or mum might bear,” the legal professionals added of grieving dad and mom Jackie Flavin and Michael Moyski, who known as their daughter “pure pleasure and hope.”
The deliberate lawsuit may even title Facepunch Studios, the developer of the sandbox online game Garry’s Mod, for permitting Westman to overtly talk about violence with different gamers.
Neither Google, which owns YouTube, nor Facepunch instantly responded to requests for remark.
Westman, 23, opened hearth by means of the stained glass home windows of a church on the Annunciation Catholic Faculty — the place he previously attended — throughout a celebratory back-to-school Mass stuffed with kids.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara beforehand confirmed that Westman posted the movies — together with the manifesto — hours earlier than the bloodbath.
In a single 20-minute video, Westman flips by means of the disturbing handwritten manifesto, a lot of which is written in a weird homespun code. He gleefully fantasizes about “being that scary horrible monster standing over these powerless youngsters” and confesses admiration for the 2012 Sandy Hook bloodbath.
“I’m feeling good about Annunciation,” he wrote in a single entry.
“It looks like a superb combo of simple assault type and devastating tragedy and I wish to do extra analysis. I’ve issues about discovering a big sufficient group. I wish to keep away from any dad and mom, however pre and publish faculty drop off,” one other web page reads.
Close to the tip of the video, Westman flicks by means of quite a lot of clean pages earlier than reaching what seems to be a drawing of the church.
In different written entries, Westman expressed antisemitic and racist views.
Westman utilized to alter his beginning title from Robert to Robin when he was 17 years outdated, claiming he “identifies as a feminine and desires her title to mirror that identification,” based on courtroom paperwork.
That title change was granted in January 2020 however 5 years later, he appeared to have regretted altering his sexual identification.
