Haunting new footage reveals the two-story house on a leafy corner where Robin Westman is believed to have stockpiled weapons and plotted Wednesday’s horrific attack on Annunciation School — while a Ring camera image exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital shows his van parked outside the house a day before the mass shooting.

The four-bedroom detached home in the city's St. Louis Park neighborhood appeared unoccupied and sits behind a small front lawn with mature trees, overgrown hedges, a disconnected doorbell, and a single porch light left on.

An upstairs front window — believed to be the room where Westman stayed — was opened as neighbors recalled how their normally quiet street was upended Wednesday, when police swarmed the property hours after the deadly attack that left two children dead and 18 others injured. Westman killed himself at the school.

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It’s the same address that Westman’s father told police his son, who identified as a trans woman, had recently moved into "with a friend" after splitting from a romantic partner, according to a search warrant executed on the house Thursday. 

Neighbors in St. Louis Park said Westman hadn’t lived there for long, with speculation ranging from just two weeks ago to since the start of the summer. Prior to that, Westman was living with his unidentified ex at an apartment complex in Richfield, which police also searched along with his father’s house in Diamond Lake.

On the morning of the massacre, an erratic-acting Westman posted a disturbing video displaying an arsenal of firearms, magazines and ammunition adorned with extremist writings. 

Investigators have not previously revealed where or when that video was taken, but footage from the clip appears to match the interior of an online rental listing for the St. Louis Park house.

In the clip, Westman can also be heard giggling and singing the word "tomorrow" in the unmistakable tone of the musical "Annie," suggesting it may have been recorded on Tuesday.

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Eerily, a neighbor’s Ring doorbell footage shows what appears to be Westman’s van parked outside the house on Tuesday. Police said that Westman used a Ram ProMaster City van registered to his father to get to the school to carry out the horrific shooting.

The Ring video is time-stamped at 4:24 p.m. on Aug. 26 — just one day before the attack at Annunciation School.

"It was gone by Wednesday. It was not there at all," neighbor Brianna Seidl told Fox News Digital. The vehicle was later found abandoned outside the church with a door left open.

Seidl said that neighbors had no idea that the house was related to the shooting until Friday, when a search warrant became public, revealing that investigators were hunting for firearms, explosives, and written manifestos. Court filings confirm they seized tactical gear, digital storage devices and documents from the St. Louis Park rental, although no weapons were listed.

Neighbors said they saw law enforcement leaving with boxes. 

"It’s still kind of in the processing stage, you know. The gravity kind of starts to hit when you think about our location, you know, library, parks, school," Seidl said. "The owner of the house was really compliant, opened the door right up for them… from what I saw, he was never detained. And he just kind of let the officers do whatever they had to do."

Seidl said that she never had any interactions with the gunman but saw Westman rollerblading on the street before.

"Never met Robin, no interactions, she didn’t live here very long," Seidl said, adding that the community is in a state of shock.

Several neighbors, including Eliane Lardell, who has lived on the street for 50 years, described the landlord as "very nice" and were unsure if Westman was a friend of the landlord or if it was simply a rental relationship.

Fox News Digital was unable to get in contact with the landlord. It remains unclear as to who was living with Westman in the house at the time of the shooting.

The entire 1,684-square-foot house was listed this summer for rent at $3,500 per month, available from July 1.

"The large deck is perfect for gatherings with trees for summer privacy and a spacious feeling," an advertisement reads. "The corner lot offers a small fenced garden for pets or children and larger open yard."

The house, built in 1972, has a modest-looking interior with a split-entry layout and a white-tiled kitchen with classic appliances. It also has hardwood floors in other areas and a finished daylight basement, per the advertisement.

In the video, it appears Westman briefly steps out of the second-floor bedroom and into the open-plan area. 

"Scibbidy, Scibbidy," Westman riffs maniacally before showing a vape and saying, "I didn't ask for life. You didn't ask for death. I'll make my own f---ing stars," before walking back into the bedroom.

Neighbors said they were shaken to learn that the killer had been plotting crimes there undetected, raising questions about whether anyone had noticed the cache of weapons building up inside the rental.

"We saw a lot of cars coming and going, but I really didn't see a lot of people," Lardell told Fox News Digital. "It's so extremely quiet, and I don't know when we've ever had a questionable incident. We've lived here 50 years, so nothing has ever happened. It's quiet. So, with this happening, it's just concerning."

Her shock deepened when she thought about the school itself, a place woven into the community.

"But it is so heartbreaking. I think this shooting got to me really pretty bad," Lardell said. "I mean, these children are sitting in Mass in their pews praying.… And he went there. He went to that school."

Dr. Sohan Dasgupta, appointed earlier this year as the political head of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), told Fox News Digital he is stepping down after a four-month sprint, declaring his mission to preserve and reposition the U.S. agency as a strategic foreign policy tool as "accomplished."

Created by Congress in 2004, MCC delivers five-year infrastructure and energy compacts to developing nations that meet strict governance standards. Unlike traditional aid, its investments are structured to drive long-term economic growth and open markets for U.S. companies.

Since its creation under President George W. Bush, MCC has often been grouped with other U.S. aid programs. 

Career staff have long emphasized development goals like poverty reduction, education, and infrastructure, but unlike USAID, MCC was established as a corporate body with a fiduciary duty to ensure effectiveness.

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A White House official, speaking on background to Fox News Digital, argued the agency too often presented itself as aid rather than investment before President Donald Trump took office.

Dasgupta pushed staff to adopt a different lens, pressing them to evaluate projects based on the return on investment for the United States, the degree of strategic alignment with partner countries, and whether MCC compacts could be used to strengthen U.S. leverage in negotiations.

A Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report this spring argued that MCC is not a traditional aid agency but an "investment" tool uniquely suited for an "America First" agenda. 

The authors warned shuttering it would hand China "diplomatic and economic wins" while leaving half-built projects abroad, and noted Trump-era partner selections, from Nepal to Côte d’Ivoire to the Pacific Islands, were strategically chosen to counter Chinese influence. 

"The United States and the world are safer, stronger, and more prosperous with the MCC model than without it," the report concluded.

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MCC’s current portfolio under Trump includes some of its largest-ever compacts: a $500 million deal in Nepal funding nearly 200 miles of transmission lines, a $480 million compact in Sierra Leone expanding electricity access and a $202 million program in Kosovo focused on grid-scale battery storage. Other investments include $536 million in Côte d’Ivoire, $537 million in Mozambique and a water compact in Mongolia.

Dasgupta told Fox News Digital that his role was to press MCC staff to think in terms of U.S. national security and economic benefits. "Reforming MCC into a vital national security and foreign policy asset" was how he described his "mission accomplished" moment.

A May 9 email from the White House Liaison to MCC staff, obtained by Fox News Digital, shows Dasgupta was appointed as a Schedule C Senior Advisor "assuming political leadership for the agency."

MCC’s Fiscal Year 2026 Candidate Country Report, released this month, lists Kosovo, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Mongolia, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Tonga among its eligible partner nations.

"Service has many forms. My goal was to carry out particular projects and missions, then make way for others," Dasgupta said.

On China, he added: "Critical minerals and rare earth elements are a vital part of American strength … MCC has really understood that."

Kosovo’s ambassador to the U.S., Ilir Dugolli, praised Dasgupta’s responsiveness. "We worked closely soon after he arrived at MCC … I respect him enormously for the way he handled his portfolio and how professional he was," Dugolli told Fox News Digital.

On energy security, Dugolli said: "Kosovo fully aligns with U.S. foreign policy … Batteries are extremely important, especially after last year’s terrorist attack on the Iber-Lepenc canal. The compact is the single most critical investment for our country’s energy security and economic resilience."

Dasgupta’s departure also comes as the Trump administration pursues cuts to traditional U.S. foreign aid programs and seeks to reframe America’s global engagement under its "America First" policy. 

While agencies such as USAID have faced reductions and restructuring, Dasgupta argues the MCC has been preserved as a leaner, investment-driven tool aligned with the administration’s emphasis on strategic deals and competition with China.

Analysts estimate China controls about 70% of global rare earth mining and nearly 90% of processing capacity, according to the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. 

Between 2023 and 2025, China imposed export restrictions on strategic minerals, according to CSIS. Dasgupta argues MCC’s work in allied nations can help diversify supply chains and strengthen resilience, though MCC has not publicly described critical minerals as a formal focus of its work.

"We want independence in every sense of the word … these are the premises and predicates of American strength," Dasgupta said.

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"Quick wins" like Kosovo’s battery project and Nepal’s power lines, Dasgupta said, show how American aid can advance prosperity abroad while reinforcing security at home.

With his departure, MCC continues compacts in dozens of countries worldwide. 

The MCC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.