At least 20 people are believed to be injured after a gunman opened fire on a Catholic church in Minneapolis this morning.
Authorities believe a bomb may have been placed inside Annunciation Church on 54th Street, according to preliminary reports.
Two people are said to have been killed in the gunfire, the report added.
Officials at the Catholic grade school on the same grounds as the parish told Daily Mail that ‘now is not the time to be answering your questions.’
Active shooter ‘guns down TWENTY people at Minneapolis church’
A gunman has attacked a Catholic church in Minneapolis with reports of at least 20 victims, it has emerged.
Preliminary reports indicate that at least four people are injured in the mass shoot out at Annunciation Church on 54th Street.
Officials at the Catholic grade school on the same grounds as the parish told Daily Mail that ‘now is not the time to be answering your questions’.
PICTURED: Large police presence outside church
Swarms of officers were spotted outside Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Several mass shootings in Minneapolis over the last 24 hours
Seven people were shot, one fatally, in a separate mass shooting near a Catholic high school in south Minneapolis yesterday reported Kare11.
Police said the suspect, who escaped in a vehicle and does not appear to have been arrested since, fired around 30 rounds from a high-velocity .223 rifle.
Authorities have not confirmed any connection between the shootings.
Students at Catholic school started class on Monday
Students at Annunciation Catholic School, where a gunman opened fire this morning, started classes on Monday.
They were in mass at the time of the shooting, according to Fox 9.
Officials at Annunciation Catholic School told Daily Mail that ‘now is not the time to be answering your questions.’
Minneapolis Mayor briefed on church shooting
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey confirmed he is aware of ‘reports of horrific violence’ after gunman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic Church.
‘I’m monitoring reports of horrific violence in South Minneapolis. I’m in touch with Chief O’Hara and our emergency response team has been activated,’ Frey said.
‘We will share more information as soon as we can. Please give our officers the space they need to respond to the situation.’
ATF agents on the scene at Annunciation Church
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives St. Paul Field Division confirmed they are on the scene at Annunciation Church.
‘ATF agents are responding to reports of an active shooter situation at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis,’ the agency said on X.
Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz briefed on unfolding active shooter incident
Governor of Minnesota and former VP Tim Walz took to X on Wednesday to reveal he had been briefed on the church shooting.
He confirmed the BCA and State Patrol were on the scene.
‘I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence,’ he wrote.
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