Overview
- Delegates voted minutes into the general session to approve remaining business and adjourn the Minneapolis gathering.
- Chair Ken Martin disclosed the nearby shooting, led a prayer, and pledged support to first responders and hospitals.
- Rep. Joyce Beatty’s motion to suspend the rules and adopt committee reports enabled an expedited close to the summer meeting.
- Preliminary reports say two children were killed and many others injured at Annunciation, with tallies still being updated.
- Police said the gunman, in his early 20s, died by suicide in the parking lot; the DNC’s next meeting is scheduled for Dec. 11–13 in Los Angeles.