The mother of one of the victims of the shooting in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 18 others injured called for a ban on semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines in a statement read at a Sept. 4 press conference.

Malia Kimbrell asked, "Who is going to make meaningful change and break the cycle?" in the wake of the Aug. 27 shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, a private elementary school.

Her nine-year-old daughter, Vivian St. Clair, was hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit of the Hennepin County Medical Center after being shot twice in the back and once in the arm, according to Kimbrell. Kimbrell works in the newborn intensive care unit at the same hospital.

She directly responded to the statement of " thoughts and prayers " commonly issued by

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