As a minor, the shooter legally changed their name and gender to female in 2020 including on their driver's license. But we don't know how they identified before the shooting.
As of now law enforcement has not commented on any connection to the shooter's gender identity and motive.
With the shooter's death by suicide, so many questions remain unanswered after the tragedy at Annunciation Catholic School .
But online, some people are coming up with their own answers and casting blame on the community through attacks and unfounded claims about a connection between mass shootings and being transgender.
According to a recent study by the UCLA Williams Institute, Minnesota has around 70,000 people who identify as transgender, which is more per capita than any other state. In this week'