Everytown, Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Statement on School Shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church School

MINNEAPOLIS — Today, the Minnesota chapter of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements on the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in South Minneapolis. While details are still unfolding, police are reporting that 19 people have been shot, including two children who were killed. According to police, the shooter is deceased.

“What should be a day of hope has turned into a day of horror for yet another school community,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. “All signs point to this tragedy being perpetrated by an assault weapon, which begs a question: How many more Americans must die before lawmakers ban these weapons of war?”

“As a mom who just sent my little ones back to school and as a woman of faith, I am devastated that yet again children are dead and more are fighting for their lives after being gunned down at school and in a church,” said Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action. “How many more of our babies have to die before Congress finally gets these weapons of war off our streets?”

“While details are still unfolding, another school year has barely begun and already it’s being defined by gun violence,” said Kathleen Anderson, a volunteer with the Minnesota chapter of Moms Demand Action. “Our places of education and worship should be places of refuge, not battlefields. We are praying for the Annunciation Catholic School community. Enough is enough.”

“This is the reality we’re growing up in. Nowhere feels safe,” said Timberlyn Mazeikis, a gun violence survivor from the school shooting at Michigan State University in 2023 and Students Demand Action volunteer from Minnesota. “One week into the school year, colleges are under constant lockdown hoaxes while kids are being shot at school. Until we get weapons of war off our streets, students will keep getting shot and killed and this will continue to be our reality.”

According to Everytown’s research, there have already been four shootings at K-12 schools this school year — not including today’s shooting in Minneapolis. So far in 2025, there have been at least 57 shootings at K-12 schools.

Today’s shooting at Annunciation School is the fourth deadly shooting in Minneapolis in 24 hours. On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, three people were shot and killed in three separate shootings. At least eight people also suffered gunshot wounds in the incidents.

While details are still emerging, reporting indicates the shooter used a rifle to carry out their attack. Minnesota does not have a ban on assault weapons.