Hundreds of Minnesotans gathered Wednesday night to mourn the deaths of two children and injuries to more than a dozen others after a shooting at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis, according to the Minnesota Reformer. The vigil was held at the Academy of the Holy Angels in Richfield, where Bernard Hebda, archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, led mourners in prayer. Gov. Tim Walz, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Attorney General Keith Ellison were in attendance.
Michael Thomas, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, said his 14-year-old son was present during the Mass disrupted by the shooter but was unharmed. Thomas said his son remains shaken because his best friend was among those shot and is hospitalized. “I’d rather send them to a place where I know they’ll be safe at, but as of today that’s changed,” Thomas said.
We provide the independent reporting that non-Native, extractive outlets often overlook. We give our communities the context and the facts they need to make informed decisions.
