The pro-transgender politician uncle of Minneapolis mass shooter Robin Westman wished his nephew had shot him instead of killing two “innocent” students.

Former Kentucky state representative Bob Heleringer claimed he “barely knew” Robin Westman, 23, after the lone gunman launched his attack at the Annunciation Church and Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, where he also injured 17 others.

“He was my nephew, and I wish he had shot me instead of innocent schoolchildren,” Heleringer told the Associated Press. “I barely knew him. They (Robin’s family) never lived in Louisville. They lived in Minnesota.” 5

The 74-year-old Republican represented Kentucky’s 33rd district from 1979 to 2002 and is an opponent of against state legislature banning gender-affirming care for

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