Overview
- Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the male shooter was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot and had a rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol.
- The attack during an all-school mass at Annunciation Catholic School left two children dead and 17 people injured, including 14 children.
- On CNN’s The Situation Room, Evan Perez said semi-automatic firearms can “shoot dozens of bullets in just one trigger pull,” a claim made before officials identified the weapons.
- Firearms industry materials, including an NSSF fact sheet, state that semi-automatic firearms fire one round per trigger pull, unlike fully automatic weapons.
- Right-leaning commentators criticized Perez’s remark on X, and CNN did not respond to a Daily Caller request for comment.