Overview

• Two children were killed and more than a dozen others were injured when a gunman opened fire during morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, and the shooter died at the scene.
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called Jen Psaki’s remarks “incredibly insensitive and disrespectful” to Americans of faith and urged her to pray for the victims’ families.
• Psaki responded on her show that prayer brings comfort but does not prevent shootings, citing gun‑violence statistics and pressing for measures such as universal background checks and an assault weapons ban.
• Other public figures weighed in, with Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Jacob Frey urging action beyond “thoughts and prayers,” while Vice President JD Vance defended prayer as compatible with pursuing solutions.
• The FBI said investigators have gathered evidence indicating a hate‑fueled domestic terrorism motive, with anti‑religious and antisemitic content linked to the suspect under forensic review.