An 8-year-old and 10-year-old have been shot and killed when a gunman fired pictures by way of the home windows of a church on the Annunciation Catholic Faculty in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, police stated.
Seventeen others, together with 14 youngsters, have been injured within the capturing throughout a Mass that marked the primary week of college, police stated. Two youngsters are in essential 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 capturing close to Annunciation Church and Catholic Faculty in Minneapolis, Minneosta, on August 27, 2025.
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Households and family members stroll exterior the police barricades after a capturing at Annunciation Church, which can be dwelling to a an elementary college, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 27, 2025.
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The mass capturing unfolded simply earlier than 8:30 a.m. when the gunman approached the aspect of the constructing and fired a rifle by way of the church home windows towards the kids and different worshippers sitting within the pews, O’Hara stated.
Dozens of rounds have been fired, the chief stated, and he known as it a “deliberate act of violence towards harmless youngsters and different folks worshipping.”
Regulation enforcement officers collect exterior Annunciation Church following a mass capturing occasion, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 27, 2025.
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Regulation enforcement officers collect exterior Annunciation Church following a mass capturing 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 consider he fired from all three weapons, the chief stated.
“We’re wanting by way of info left behind to try to decide some sort of motive,” the chief stated.
Dad and mom await information of their youngsters’s standing after capturing at Annunciation Church, Aug. 27, 2025 in Minneapolis.
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Police and first responders work on the scene of a capturing close to Annunciation Church and Catholic Faculty in Minneapolis, Minneosta, on August 27, 2025.
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“These youngsters have been actually praying,” an emotional Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stated at a information convention. “It was the primary week of college. They have been in a church. These are youngsters that needs to be studying with their pals, they need to be taking part in on the playground. They need to be capable of go to high school or church in peace with out the worry or danger of violence, and their mother and father ought to have the identical type of assurance.”
“This sort of act of evil ought to by no means occur, and it occurs far too usually,” he stated.
Regulation enforcement officers collect exterior the Annunciation Church’s college in response to a reported mass capturing, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.
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Regulation enforcement officers collect exterior Annunciation Church following a mass capturing occasion, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 27, 2025.
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College students in pre-Okay to eighth grade attend the college. Younger youngsters sporting their uniforms have been seen leaving the college holding their mother and father’ palms.
“I’m praying for our youngsters and academics whose first week of college was marred by this horrific act of violence,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz wrote on social media.
Regulation enforcement officers collect exterior the Annunciation Church’s college in response to a reported mass capturing, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis.
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Police and first responders work on the scene of a capturing close to Annunciation Church and Catholic Faculty in Minneapolis, Minneosta, on August 27, 2025.
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Brian Leege, who lives two blocks from the college, instructed 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 received 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 high school … 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 protected. Nevertheless it’s so terrible and it is so scary.”
Households and family members reunite exterior the police barricades after a capturing 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 “totally briefed on the tragic capturing.”
“The White Home will proceed to watch this horrible scenario. Please be a part of me in praying for everybody concerned!” he wrote.
Trump known as Walz after the capturing to supply his condolences, a supply instructed ABC Information.
This can be a creating story. Please verify again for updates.
ABC Information’ Pierre Thomas, Jack Date, Luke Barr, Aaron Katersky, Sasha Pezenik and Michael Pappano contributed to this report.
