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Annunciation Catholic Church and School shooting

On Aug. 27, 2025 gunshots broke out in Minneapolis during morning mass at Annunciation Catholic Church and School. Two children, Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski, died in the mass shooting. Twenty-eight other people were injured. 

Local leaders call for state action allowing cities to pass gun restrictions

Local leaders call for state action allowing cities to pass gun restrictions

Local leaders say if legislators allow cities to act, they would seek bans on public possession of assault weapons; bans on devices that convert semiautomatic firearms into automatic firearms; and the ability to prohibit the possession of guns in public spaces like community centers and parks.
by Jon Collins

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Minnesota leaders take spat public as they tussle over special session on gun violence prevention

Minnesota leaders take spat public as they tussle over special session on gun violence prevention

More than a month after a shooting killed two children and injured more at a Minneapolis Catholic church, state lawmakers are struggling to come to consensus on an agenda to head off gun violence and to shore up school safety.
by Peter Cox and Dana Ferguson

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BCA program to identify danger signs before shootings faces federal cuts

BCA program to identify danger signs before shootings faces federal cuts

As Minnesota legislators and others debate policies in response to the mass shooting last month at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis that killed two children and wounded 21 other people, an approach to try to prevent violent shootings is under threat from Trump administration funding cuts.  
by Jon Collins

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'We Choose To Stand Here': Annunciation marks one month since mass shooting

'We Choose To Stand Here': Annunciation marks one month since mass shooting

“We don’t want to be standing here today,” Annunciation Catholic School principal Matthew DeBoer told a crowd of about 125 people at a prayer service on Saturday. “But we choose to stand here.”
by Todd Melby, Melissa Olson and Feven Gerezgiher

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As Annunciation goes back to school, former Red Lake principal reflects on healing after shooting

As Annunciation goes back to school, former Red Lake principal reflects on healing after shooting

Chris Dunshee likely knows how staff and students are feeling at Annunciation. He was the principal at Red Lake High School in 2005 when a student killed 10 people, including himself.
by Emily Bright and Gretchen Brown

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