Within the wake of a tragic mass taking pictures at a Minneapolis Catholic faculty, firearms influencer and congressional candidate Brandon Herrera, recognized on-line as The AK Man, stepped ahead to handle his surprising and disturbing affiliation with the suspect.
Herrera’s point out got here in a now-deleted manifesto video posted by the suspected shooter earlier than the assault.
In it, the shooter falsely claimed to have met Herrera on the 2024 SHOT Present in Las Vegas, and urged viewers to “vote for Brandon Herrera for president.”
The video was a part of the suspect’s broader, hateful rant that prefaced a lethal assault throughout a church Mass that killed two youngsters and injured 17 others—an act legislation enforcement is investigating as a hate crime and home terrorism.
Herrera Denounces the Assault, Denies the Declare
Herrera responded swiftly and forcefully. “I’m horrified by this clearly hate‑motivated assault on harmless youngsters and disgusted that my title got here out of this demon’s mouth,” he mentioned in an announcement described to Fox Information.
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He emphasised that he has no reminiscence of ever assembly the person, and famous that neither he nor the SHOT Present organizers may discover any document of the shooter attending the occasion.
Additional condemning the taking pictures in an announcement on X (previously Twitter), Herrera declared:
I can’t, nor will I ever say the title of the gutless coward who determined to take the lives of harmless individuals in Minneapolis in the present day.
My coronary heart goes out to the household of these affected, however to the shooter, I’ve one factor to say in response.
Fuck you. Burn in hell.
— Brandon Herrera (@TheAKGuy) August 27, 2025
I am nonetheless bodily sickened and indignant about this clearly hate motivated assault on harmless youngsters, and disgusted that my title got here out of this demon’s mouth.
I meet 1000’s of individuals yearly at SHOT Present in Las Vegas in meet-and-greets and such, however I don’t bear in mind…
— Brandon Herrera (@TheAKGuy) August 27, 2025
Providing Help, Not Publicity
Herrera made clear that he won’t amplify the shooter’s title or message. As a substitute, he’s centered on serving to the victims and their households.
He’s actively coordinating with legislation enforcement and pledging to make use of his platform and neighborhood for tangible help efforts as soon as wants are confirmed
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