Thursday, August 28, 2025 - At least two children, aged 8 and 10, have been k!lled after a gunman stormed a Catholic church in Minneapolis and opened fire as the parish school was holding its start-of-year mass.
17 people, including children, were also said to be injured
in the shooting which occured on Wednesday, August 27, during the first week of
classes at a Minneapolis Catholic school, authorities and a hospital
said.
The shooter, dressed in all black and reportedly armed with
a semiautomatic weapon, "pepper-sprayed" bullets through the stained-glass
windows at Annunciation Catholic Church this morning.
A heartbroken parent who attended the mass told The Star
Tribune he fired "50 to 100 shots" as students and staff were sat in
pews and "k!lled two kids".
"This is terrible," the parent added. "This
is evil. I don't know how you defend against this."
At least 20 people are feared to have been gunned down in
the incident, although authorities have not yet confirmed how many victims
there are, DailyMail reports.
The gunman is de@d, law enforcement sources told FOX
9.
Gov. Tim Walz called the violence “horrific.”
The Minneapolis city government said the shooter had been
“contained” after the gunfire at Annunciation Catholic School and there was no
longer any “active threat” to residents.
Walz said on social media that he had been briefed on the
shooting.
“I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of
school was marred by this horrific act of violence,” Walz wrote on X.
As police, FBI and other federal agents and ambulances
converged on the school, a person answering the phone there said students were
being evacuated.
A spokesperson for Hennepin Healthcare, which has
Minnesota’s largest emergency department, said in a text message that it was
actively dealing with an emergency and provided no additional details.
A social media post from the company said it was caring for
patients from the shooting.
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he
was briefed on the “tragic shooting” and that the White House would continue to
monitor the situation.
The school had an all-school Mass scheduled at 8:15 a.m.
Wednesday, according to its website. Monday was the first day of school, and
social media photos from that day show students in green uniforms greeting each
other at bicycle racks, smiling for the camera and sitting together
The gunfire was the latest in a series of fatal shootings in
the city in less than 24 hours. One person was k!lled and six others were hurt
in a shooting Tuesday afternoon, August 26, outside a high school in
Minneapolis. Hours later, two people di£d in two other shootings in the city.
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