Officers: 20 victims in shooting at Catholic school in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS AP A shooting occurred Wednesday morning during the first week of classes at a Minneapolis Catholic school Minnesota governor s disclosed Personnel gave no immediate information on the number of injuries but Gov Tim Walz called the shooting horrific The Minneapolis city governing body revealed the shooter had been contained after the gunfire at Annunciation Catholic School and there was no longer any ongoing threat to residents Walz mentioned 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 announced students were being evacuated A spokesperson for Hennepin Healthcare which has Minnesota s largest crisis department reported in a text message that it was actively dealing with an exigency and provided no additional details A social media post from the company noted it was caring for patients from the shooting President Donald Trump commented in a Truth Social post that he was briefed on the tragic shooting and that the White House would continue to monitor the situation Dating to the pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school had an all-school Mass scheduled at a m Wednesday morning 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 expressing satisfaction for the camera and sitting together At a meeting of Democratic leaders elsewhere in Minneapolis Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin noted the shooting and unknown amount of casualties The gunfire was the latest in a series of fatal shootings in the city in less than hours One person was killed and six others were hurt in a shooting Tuesday afternoon outside a high school in Minneapolis Hours later two people died in two other shootings in the city