In the aftermath of the Annunciation shooting , the shock feels everlasting and the loss permanent.
The next steps are unclear, but moving forward is already happening, especially with the first day of school for many students on Tuesday.
"There will be an increased presence of police and law enforcement around schools," Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said. "We are going to be working collaboratively to make sure we are doing everything we can."
At this point, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says it appears the shooter acted alone.
"We have no indication so far — in everything that we have uncovered so far in the investigation — that this was anything other than an act committed by this one specific person that no one else had been aware of it," O'Hara said.
Frey and O'Hara