Reports Indicate Unknown Number of Wounded After Shooting at Minneapolis Church/School

Parents await news of their children's status after shooting at Annunciation Church on Wed
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A shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church/School reportedly occurred Wednesday morning in Minneapolis. Victims are also being reported but their condition is unknown.

Update: The Daily Mail is reporting that the individual who opened fire on the Minneapolis school did so from outside, shooting through windows while children were attending Mass.

Original article continues below.

At 9:14 Central Time KARE11 reported, “Details are scarce but an army of police and paramedics arrived at Annunciation Church, 509 W. 54th Street. Sources confirmed for KARE 11’s Lou Raguse that there is an active shooter situation unfolding at the church.”

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) posted to X:

NBC News reported that the ATF and FBI were responding to the reported shooting in Minneapolis.

KARE11 noted that Minneapolis witnessed 24 hours of heinous gun violence from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning, leading up the reported shooting at Annunciation. Three people were shot and killed during those 24 hours and eight others shot and wounded.

UPDATE: The shooter has been contained. No more active threat

UPDATE: FOX News live report, 9:55 a.m. Central Time quoted an anonymous law enforcement source, saying, “A substantial number of people have been injured in the shooting.”

UPDATE: The shooting happened shortly after mass began at Annuciation Wednesday morning, according to live reports from FOX News.
Nick Sorter reported that the shooting occurred during “all-school mass,” which included students from all grades. .

More to come…

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