An 8-year-old and 10-year-old had been shot and killed when a gunman fired photographs by the home windows of a church on the Annunciation Catholic College in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, police stated.
Seventeen others, together with 14 youngsters, had been injured within the taking pictures throughout a Mass that marked the primary week of college, police stated. Two youngsters are in vital situation, police stated.
The gunman died on the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara stated.
Police and first responders work on the scene of a taking pictures close to Annunciation Church and Catholic College in Minneapolis, Minneosta, on August 27, 2025.
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Households and family members stroll exterior the police barricades after a taking pictures at Annunciation Church, which can be dwelling to a an elementary college, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 27, 2025.
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The mass taking pictures unfolded simply earlier than 8:30 a.m. when the gunman approached the facet of the constructing and fired a rifle by the church home windows towards the youngsters and different worshippers sitting within the pews, O’Hara stated.
Dozens of rounds had been fired, the chief stated, and he referred to as it a “deliberate act of violence in opposition to harmless youngsters and different individuals worshipping.”
Legislation enforcement officers collect exterior Annunciation Church following a mass taking pictures occasion, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 27, 2025.
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Legislation enforcement officers collect exterior Annunciation Church following a mass taking pictures occasion, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 27, 2025.
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The gunman — described as in his early 20s — was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, and police imagine he fired from all three weapons, the chief stated.
“We’re wanting by data left behind to try to decide some sort of motive,” the chief stated.
Mother and father await information of their youngsters’s standing after taking pictures at Annunciation Church, Aug. 27, 2025 in Minneapolis.
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Police and first responders work on the scene of a taking pictures close to Annunciation Church and Catholic College in Minneapolis, Minneosta, on August 27, 2025.
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“These youngsters had been actually praying,” an emotional Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stated at a information convention. “It was the primary week of college. They had been in a church. These are youngsters that must be studying with their pals, they need to be taking part in on the playground. They need to be capable to go to highschool or church in peace with out the worry or threat of violence, and their mother and father ought to have the identical form of assurance.”
“This type of act of evil ought to by no means occur, and it occurs far too usually,” he stated.
Legislation enforcement officers collect exterior the Annunciation Church’s college in response to a reported mass taking pictures, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.
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Legislation enforcement officers collect exterior Annunciation Church following a mass taking pictures occasion, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 27, 2025.
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College students in pre-Ok to eighth grade attend the varsity. Younger youngsters carrying their uniforms had been seen leaving the varsity holding their mother and father’ fingers.
“I’m praying for our children and academics whose first week of college was marred by this horrific act of violence,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz wrote on social media.
Legislation enforcement officers collect exterior the Annunciation Church’s college in response to a reported mass taking pictures, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.
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Police and first responders work on the scene of a taking pictures close to Annunciation Church and Catholic College in Minneapolis, Minneosta, on August 27, 2025.
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Brian Leege, who lives two blocks from the varsity, advised ABC Information he was having breakfast along with his daughter when he heard dozens of gunshots over two to a few minutes.
“My husband’s a firefighter, and he bought a cellphone name this morning [that] stated that there was a incident at Annunciation, and that is the place my niece and nephew go to highschool … so he simply took off on foot,” Emily Feste told Minneapolis ABC affiliate KSTP. “We heard about quarter-hour in the past that they are secure. But it surely’s so terrible and it is so scary.”
Households and family members reunite exterior the police barricades after a taking pictures at Annunciation Church, which can be dwelling to a an elementary college, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 27, 2025.
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President Donald Trump wrote on Reality Social that he is been “absolutely briefed on the tragic taking pictures.”
“The White Home will proceed to watch this horrible scenario. Please be a part of me in praying for everybody concerned!” he wrote.
Trump referred to as Walz after the taking pictures to supply his condolences, a supply advised ABC Information.
It is a growing story. Please examine again for updates.
ABC Information’ Pierre Thomas, Jack Date, Luke Barr, Aaron Katersky, Sasha Pezenik and Michael Pappano contributed to this report.
