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| This is the front page of the Star Tribune out of Minneapolis, the main paper there in that city. | ||
| Two children killed, 17 wounded in shooting at South Minneapolis church. | ||
| The picture, mourners at a vigil last night in Minneapolis. | ||
| This is the Associated Press story about yesterday's shooting. | ||
| The story notes, a shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two wounding 17 people armed with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol. | ||
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23-year-old Robin Westman approached the side of the church and shot dozens of rounds through the window towards the children sitting in the pews during Mass just before 8.30 a.m. | |
| Police said the shooter then committed suicide. | ||
| The shooter was identified, the Associated Press notes, as a transgender woman who, according to her social media posts, harbored a deep hatred for President Trump and religion and repeatedly wrote and said flamboyantly hateful things. | ||
| The children who died were eight years old and 10 years old. | ||
| That's the story of the Associated Press. | ||
| That's the news yesterday out of Minneapolis. | ||
| We're taking your phone calls this morning, getting your reaction as you're calling in. | ||
| This was Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye after the tragedy yesterday. | ||
| And don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. | ||
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These kids were literally praying. | |
| It was the first week of school. | ||
| They were in a church. | ||
| These are kids that should be learning with their friends. | ||
| They should be playing on the playground. | ||
| They should be able to go to school or church in peace without the fear or risk of violence, and their parents should have the same kind of assurance. | ||
| These are the sort of basic assurances that every family should have, every step of the day, regardless of where they are in our country. | ||
| I'm so deeply saddened and I'm so sorry to the families that I know are suffering right now. | ||
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My ask is To everyone, stand by them. | |
| Love them. | ||
| These families have forever been changed, and we've all been changed with them. | ||
| Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry yesterday, also speaking yesterday, was the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz. | ||
| He offered these remarks after the tragedy yesterday. | ||
| Speaking with all the people here and grateful to our federal partners, Senator Klobuchar speaking early this morning and receiving a call from President Trump, who was with his leadership team of the Attorney General and the Vice President, expressing their deep condolences amongst the horror that happened and an offer to provide the support to the folks here in Minnesota of what's needed. | ||
| So there's a lot of cameras here, and unfortunately, we have been through these types of things. | ||
| They will be gone at some point, all of you, you have to. | ||
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You have to do your jobs. | |
| But what happened here today will not be gone. | ||
| Minnesotans will not step away. | ||
| We'll stand with this community. | ||
| We'll redouble ourselves to do the best we can to understand what we can do to prevent any parent from having to receive the calls they receive today, | ||
| from any school dedicated to children, having to respond to a situation that, as we said, is unthinkable, but that's all too common, not just in Minnesota, but across this country. |