CNA Staff, Aug 27, 2025 / 10:41 am

Authorities and media reports on Wednesday morning said a mass shooting had taken place at a Catholic parish and school in downtown Minneapolis, one that police were reportedly treating as a “mass casualty” incident.

The local crime watch outlet Minnesota Crime said on Wednesday morning that police reported 20 victims of an “active shooter” at the site of Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, with emergency responders having initiated a “mass casualty response.” Annunciation Catholic School is located next to the parish.

Other local media reported that an “army of police and paramedics” had arrived at the site. The active crime log on the city’s website , meanwhile, showed dozens of responses to a “shooting” near the parish as of Wednesday morning.

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