Minneapolis School Attack: Gunman shot at children in the church, Witness heard 50 shots within 4 minutes

A tragic shooting at the announcement Catholic School in Minneapolis Wednesday (August 27) left two children and injured 17 others, including 14 students, police said. The armed man, armed with multiple weapons, also died at the scene. “Two young children, eight and 10 years old, died where they sat in the church pews,” O’Hara said, adding that 17 others were injured, including 14 children. Two were in critical condition, he said. According to police chief, the armed man fired a gun, gun and gun before taking his own life in the parking lot. Brian O’Hara, chief of Minneapolis police, described how the shooter carried a gun, gun and gun and “approached the side of the church and shot through the windows to the children who were sitting in the pins during the mass.” “It was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshiping. The cruelty and cowardice to shoot in a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible,” O’Hara said. “Our hearts have been broken for the families who have lost their children, for these young lives who are now fighting to recover, and for our entire community so deeply traumatized by this senseless attack,” he added. The suspect, a man in the early twenties with no extensive known criminal history, died after the attack, O’Hara confirmed. Hospitals treating several victims, children’s Minnesota, a pediatric trauma hospital, said five children are being admitted for care. Hempin Healthcare, which has the largest emergency department, also confirmed that he is treating several patients from the shooting. Eyewitness heard ‘dozens of shots’ local resident Bill Bienemann, who lives only two blocks from the school and regularly attends the church, that he was stunned by the sound of the gunfire. “I was shocked. I said, “There is no way it can be gunfire,” Bienemann recalls. “There was so much of it. It was sporadic – maybe 50 shots in four minutes. ‘ His daughter, Alexandra Bienemann, who graduated from the announcement in 2014, said the news had shaken her. “It breaks my heart, makes me sick in my stomach, knowing that people I know were injured or even killed,” she said. “It doesn’t make me feel safe in this community in which I have been so long.” Families reunited amid the heavy police presence were quickly evacuated, with students leading to a ‘reunification zone’ where families waited anxiously. Outside, amid dozens of law enforcement officers, children in the green school uniforms embrace their parents tightly, some cry as they left the building. Trump responds, FBI to the scene, President Donald Trump, wrote on Truth Social that he is “fully informed” about the tragedy. “The FBI answered quickly and they are on the scene. The White House will continue to monitor this terrible situation. Please join me to pray for everyone involved!” Trump said. A city that was from multiple shooting was the fourth fatal incident in Minneapolis in less than 24 hours. On Tuesday, one person was killed and six others wounded outside a high school, while two other shooting left two people elsewhere in the city. Wednesday’s violence also followed a wave of Hoax-active shooter calls to American colleges this week, which casted around nationwide and campuses.