How an 8-year-old witness describes the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

By Jason DeRose

Published August 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM EDT

A day after a fatal shooting at a Minneapolis church killed two young students and injured 18 other people, people are grappling with what happened and why.

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