The incident began unfolding around 8:30 a.m. at Annunciation Church, 509 W. 54th St. on the city’s far south side.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department confirmed an active shooter allegedly opened fire at a church on the south side of Minneapolis Wednesday.
Details are scarce but an army of police and paramedics arrived at Annunciation Church, 509 W. 54th Street. Sources confirmed for KARE 11’s Lou Raguse that there is an active shooter situation unfolding at the church. The source says initial information indicates that there is a significant number of victims, and some of them are children.
Governor Tim Walz posted on social media that he has been briefed about a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School, and that agents from the BCA and troopers from the State Patrol are on scene along with Minneapolis police.
“I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence,” Walz wrote.
KARE 11 has multiple crews at the scene and will have the latest on the situation and victims.
Wednesday’s incident is just the latest in a violent 24 hours in Minneapolis. Three people were shot and killed in three separate shootings Tuesday afternoon into early Wednesday morning. At least eight people also suffered gunshot wounds in the incidents.
