Overview

• Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol and was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot.
• The attack took place during an all-school mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
• CNN’s Evan Perez said on air that semiautomatic guns can “shoot dozens of bullets” with one trigger pull.
• Industry and fact-sheet references note that semiautomatic firearms discharge one round per trigger pull, unlike fully automatic weapons.
• Critics on X denounced Perez’s remark, and New York Times reporter Peter Baker said he does not expect the shooting to prompt major federal gun-policy changes.