At least 1 child still critical after Annunciation mass shooting
Hennepin Healthcare CEO Thomas Klemond described the child's situation as "touch and go" Thursday morning.
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Hennepin Healthcare CEO Thomas Klemond described the child's situation as "touch and go" Thursday morning.
"I took all three of them. I said, 'let's sit down,'" Pat Scallen said. "And I tried to calm them down. And the one little girl who got shot in the head asked me to hold her hand the whole time, and I did."
Pat Scallen ran up to Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis as soon as he heard the gunshots Wednesday morning.
At least one child is still in critical condition after Wednesday's mass shooting at a southwest Minneapolis church, officials said.
One of the young victims of Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school remains in critical condition Thursday, at the same hospital where her mother works as a pediatric critical care nurse.
June Holine, 9, described hearing the gunshots as she sat in the back of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Several vigils were held on Wednesday night in the Twin Cities following the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, which left two children dead and 17 others hurt.
"My friend Victor like, saved me though. Because he laid on top of me. But he got hit," said fifth grade student Weston Halsne. "I was super scared for him. But I think now he's OK."
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A study by the Violence Prevention Project Research Center shows many mass shootings have similar patterns. Most result in two deaths, like Wednesday's shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
Archbishop Bernard Hebda, head of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, said Pope Leo XIX has expressed his "profound sorrow" following Wednesday's mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School which left two children dead and 17 others injured 17.
Matt DeBoer, principal of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, expressed love and appreciation for his "dream team" staff and students following the mass shooting on Wednesday morning that killed two young children and wounded 17 others.
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WCCO's Derek James talks about his parish's former pastor Father Dennis Zehren, who was recently installed at Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School, site of a deadly mass shooting involving several school children on Wednesday morning.
WCCO's Jonah Kaplan talks with Anders Holine about how he rushed to Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School to find his daughters after Wednesday's deadly mass shooting.
Dr. Sarah Jerstad, medical director of mental health at Children's Minnesota, shares tips with WCCO's Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield about how parents should talk with their children about the deadly mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school.
Law enforcement sources tell CBS News the shooter was Robin Westman, age 23, from suburban Minneapolis. Officials say they died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.Here's what we know about the Annunciation School shooting.
Law enforcement sources tell CBS News the suspect in the mass shooting at Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School was Robin Westman, age 23, from suburban Minneapolis. Officials say they died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
WCCO's Caroline Cummings talks with Weston Halsne, a fifth grader at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, who survived Wednesday's mass shooting after his friend covered him as a human shield. Read more of Halsne's story here.
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota's senior U.S. Senator, talks with WCCO's Esme Murphy about her connection to the deadly mass shooting at Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School, and her call for bipartisan gun control measures.
Zuheir Safe, whose 8-year-old granddaughter survived the mass shooting at Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School, spoke with the media outside Children's Minnesota hospital on Wednesday morning.
Dr. Thomas Wyatt, chair of emergency medicine at Minneapolis' Hennepin Healthcare hospital, says his crew have dealt with two mass shootings within 24 hours, including one that left two young kids dead and 17 others hurt at Annunciation Catholic School.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Brian O'Hara says two children are dead and 17 others are hurt — two critically — in a mass shooting on Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic School in south Minneapolis.
WCCO's Marielle Mohs spoke with a man who said he heard nearly two dozen gunshots fired within 30 seconds while parked outside Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday morning. Two children are dead, and the shooter is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Authorities say up to 20 people were injured in a mass shooting on Wednesday morning at Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School, with two confirmed fatalities. The shooter is also dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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