Parents and former students of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis recalled the frantic scene when Minnesota officials say a gunman opened fire during Wednesday’s back to school Mass.

“I parked and I ran up there. The police were kind of screeching up as I was approaching the church. I wasn’t hearing shots,” said Anders Holine, a parent at the elementary school.

Witnesses say it was a terrifying scene as people scrambled to get to safety.

A man who lives near the church says he tried to help three injured students.

“The one little girl who got shot in the head asked me to hold her hand the whole time, and I did,” said Pat Scallen. “And they asked for their parents…they wanted their parents, and I reassured them that I would get in touch with their parents or someone would right

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