Evan Perez’s comments on “The Situation Room” contradicted basic information on how semiautomatic weapons function.

A CNN senior justice correspondent, Evan Perez, made a demonstrably false claim about how semiautomatic firearms operate while reporting on a tragic shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school on Wednesday. The incident, which occurred during an all-school mass at Annunciation Catholic School, left two children dead and 17 injured.

During a segment on “The Situation Room,” co-host Pamela Brown noted a witness’s account of the shooting, mentioning that the firearm was believed to be a “semiautomatic rifle” and that it “sounded like the gun was reloaded several times.”

In response, Perez stated, “Right. And look, that’s not, that’s not uncommon as well. These things can shoot

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