Annunciation Church Shooting Symbology: New Concerns with OPSEC and Dark Spirituality/Anti-Christian Spiritual Warfare

C/O Futures Terrorism Research Note Series

Lisa J. Campbell

15 October 2025

Robin Westman conducted a shooting of individuals attending a church service in Minneapolis Minnesota on 27 August 2025, killing two children and injuring an additional 18 parishioners. The shooter described their thoughts in a journal of having interest in conducting a mass killing, including conducting planning for such from as early as the seventh grade. Westman had a high awareness of operational security (OPSEC) and the ability to mask their mental state(s), years of planning to kill others, and their final attack planning. Evident with this attacker, are rising indications of satanic affinity, as observed in their videos, writings/drawings, and weapons/gear inscriptions. New concerns for future mass shootings center on future copycat shooter improvements in OPSEC—decreasing early detection and incident prevention, and the adoption of satanic/anti-Christian spiritual warfare practices.

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