‘Horrific’ shooting reported at Minneapolis Catholic school

Police are responding to a shooting during the first week of classes at a Minneapolis Catholic school, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says, calling the gunfire “horrific.”

There is no immediate information on any injuries.

The Minneapolis city government says the shooter has been “contained” after the gunfire at the Annunciation Church school, and there is no “active threat” to residents.

“I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence,” Walz writes on X.

A person answering the phone at Annunciation School says students were being evacuated.

Local and state police, federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents and other authorities were converging on the school.

Dating to 1923, the pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school had an all-school Mass scheduled at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to its website. Monday was the first day of school, and social media photos from that day show students in green uniforms greeting each other at bicycle racks, smiling for the camera and sitting together.