Police say gunman is 'contained' after mass shooting at south Minneapolis church

[orangecrush]

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Source: KARE NWES

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department confirmed an active shooter allegedly opened fire at a church on the city's south side Wednesday morning.

Authorities said the shooter has since been "contained" and there's no lingering threat to the public.

An army of police and paramedics arrived at Annunciation Church, 509 W. 54th Street around 8:30 a.m., where Richfield police reported a man dressed in black and armed with a rifle was spotted on the scene. Police confirm there are approximately 20 victims, but did not share details of their status.

Multiple sources told KARE 11's Lou Raguse that the shooter is dead, and that bomb squads are working to disarm multiple improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Families of children at Annunciation School are urged to go to a reunification zone at 525 W. 54th St.

Read more: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/active-shooter-situation-unfolding-at-south-minneapolis-church/89-dd54a6fb-0436-48b1-898b-9cbab1ca5dc3

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I feel sick.

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[maxsolomon]

1. 20 shot. JFC.

The National Guard isn't going to stop one crazy fuck with an MSSA, President Dipshit Dotard.

[orangecrush]

2. What does "contained" mean?

Barricaded?

[DURHAM D]

3. MSNBC is reporting that he is dead. nt

[Ocelot II]

5. Dead, which is about as contained as you can get.

[twodogsbarking]

15. May Trump be contained.

[Marthe48]

24. Oh, tell Orrex!

[Oeditpus Rex]

72. Strait jackets are great for that

Especially when punctuated by a ball gag and leg shackles (if they make them in his size).

Your way's better, though.

[House of Roberts]

11. Based on the chief of police at the press conference

the shooter 'contained' himself.

[Efilroft Sul]

27. He's "in a pack," as the kids say. Meaning, dead.

[Owl]

31. Why don't they just say he's dead?

[Oeditpus Rex]

71. That may not have been revealed by the cops

at the time this story was filed. The quotation marks around "contained" lead me to think that was the case.

Eta: The use of "gunman" tells me the story was filed before the cops knew or revealed the shooter identified as female. But then, I don't know KARE's policy on gender identity, so...

[Wicked Blue]

44. Bodybagged

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. What the fuck is an MSSA? Top results are:

Top results are all about this:

https://www.webmd.com › skin-problems-and-treatments › what-is-mssa-bacteremia
MSSA Bacteremia: What Is it, What Causes it, and How Is it Treated? - WebMD
Apr 20, 2025MSSA bacteremia is a serious infection that occurs when staph bacteria enter the bloodstream. Learn how to prevent, diagnose, and treat this condition with antibiotics and other measures.

[maxsolomon]

6. MSSA is an acronym for Military-Style Semi-Automatic Rifle.

If you've spent time arguing about firearms on DU, you learn that's the term Gunners recognize as accurate, versus "Assault Rifle".

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Take your cue from the article

You should not expect your readers to have spent time arguing firearms on DU.

Like the article explained IED, a much more common term, you could have explained MSSAR in parentheses. However the usual way is to use the acronym and then in parentheses expand it.

[PatSeg]

9. The use of acronyms has gotten out of hand

It usually is very easy to just type out the words if you want people to understand what you're saying.

That is the first time I've ever seen "MSSAR" and would have no idea what it means. Thanks.

[maxsolomon]

16. That's because it's "MSSA".

I guess all the DU Gunners have gone away. In the Obama Era, they'd have jumped on me for using "Assault Rifle" like Hobos on a Ham Sandwich (HOAHS).

[James48]

46. Sorry Max:

I own guns , always have, and I have no idea what that acronym is.

And I own multiple weapons previously used by militaries all over the world, and models patterned after them as well.

[maxsolomon]

52. It has a Wiki entry. I'm not making it up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-style_semi-automatic_firearms

[Cirsium]

41. ICAM

(I couldn't agree more)

[PatSeg]

55. Ha, ha, ha!!!

I had a whole thread going on Facebook about this several years ago and we were all making up our own obscure acronyms just to make a point. It was very funny.

[Cirsium]

65. IDTOT

No, no, not IDIOT. IDTOT. (I did that once too)

[PatSeg]

68. Okay, you've got me laughing again!

We must be some kind of twins.

I had some excellent English teachers who are probably turning over in their graves because of what social media has done to the English language.

[Cirsium]

69. ROTFLMAO

TYVM! GMTA, right? YTMND. I say this AAF.

AFAIC, it's a royal PITA trying decipher all of these acronyms, IMNSHO, and it's a BFD. SMDH. But TBH IANARS and YMMV, IYKWIM. JOOC, IYDMMA, R U in agreement? LMK.

FWIW, AAMOF, U R correct. DAE see it this way?

TTYL. MTFBWY!

EOM. Maybe EOT?

[PatSeg]

70. Whoa!

I could make out some of those, but the rest are making my head hurt.

[Cirsium]

76. Here we go

Thank you very much! Great minds think alike, right? You're the man now, dog!. I say this as a friend.

As far as I'm concerned, it's a royal pain in the ass trying to decipher all of these acronyms, in my not so humble opinion, and it's a big f-ig deal. Shaking my damn head. But to be honest, I am not a rocket scientist and your mileage may vary, if you know what I mean. Just out of curiosity, if you don't mind me asking, are you in agreement? Let me know.

For what it's worth, as a matter of fact, you are correct. Does anyone else see it this way?

Talk to you later. May the force be with you!

End of message. Maybe end of thread?

[PatSeg]

77. Oh, it has become a crusade for me

When we comment online, the point is to communicate. If I have to go look up an obscure acronym, that puts limits on the communication. Sometimes I can't even find what it means; I think some people just make them up as they go whether it is to save them time or to purposely be elusive. I find it often rude and inconsiderate.

Also there are exclusive acronyms that people of certain occupations use in the workplace. Somehow they often take those home with them and annoy friends and family with their "work speak", as if everyone in the world knows what they mean. I've had jobs like that, but I knew that other people wouldn't know what I'm talking about, so I never used them outside work.

We aren't the only ones who get annoyed with them, though it might be generational!

Thanks for the conversation. Take care.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Why do they bring them to church?

It's always some wacko trying to save the world. minds are under a lot of stress in America.

[Callie1979]

66. This guy was shooting at them from outside the church

Should've never been allowed to own a gun

[Torchlight]

10. Feels nothing at all anymore like the world I grew up in

I never gave a thought to mass shootings in school or even college. I vaguely remember a mass shooting in CA at a McDonald's (early 80s?) getting wall-to-wall coverage because it was such an aberration from our norm. The here and now seems to provide it to us a monthly normal now, rather than a bizarre oddity.

[riversedge]

13. There had been very few mass shootings across the US when I was at Univ of WI-very large

campus with lots of international students. No shootings that I recall at the University

[moniss]

29. On a side note

did you ever see the documentary about the UW-Madison Vietnam protests? It is stunning to look back and see how young everyone was and even high school kids taking part. Having lived through it all I, like many others, put some aspects of it all in the back corners of our minds. Years ago when I saw it it was a huge impact to realize that we were literally children and helped raise hell to the point that we did was striking to my memory and brought back the memories of how fearful, angry and determined we were. I believe it was titled "The War At Home" or something similar. It focused entirely on UW.

[Oeditpus Rex]

73. James Huberty, 1984

San Ysidro (San Diego suburb). Huberty told his wife he was mentally ill, and shortly after walked i to a McDonald's and began firing, killing 22 people.

That was five years after the shooting at a San Diego high school by a 16-year-girl who gave the reason, "I don't like Mondays." The resulting eponymous song by Bob Geldof (then of the Boomtown Rats) propelled him to superstardom.

[riversedge]

12. msnbc saying 2 children KILLED, 14 kids and 3 adults injured in shootng HORRIBLE

[C Moon]

63. ...and when they say "injuries" it doesn't always mean a sprain.

Probably some horrific injuries.

[Bayard]

14. trump has his excuse to send troops into Minneapolis now

I hope the 20 victims are not dead.

[LiberalArkie]

18. Must be a white male shooter, therefore no problem at all. Anyone else and the 82nd airborne would be parachuting in.

[Callie1979]

67. You're right & he had lots of crazy writings & drawings. Shouldve been a RED FLAG

[marshall]

75. The shooter was a trans woman

Don’t let transphobia overshadow the tragedy suffered here.

[riversedge]

20. OMG--it is the perfect excuse for trump now. damn

[riversedge]

17. The gunman "shot through the church windows, police say, adding that he then turned a gun on himself"

..........The gunman was armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol and shot through the church windows, police say, adding that he then turned a gun on himself
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly22nkpz8gt

[mzmolly]

19. Heartbreaking

[LeftinOH]

21. This happened in a school where prayer part of the daily routine..so

maybe the folks who claim that school shootings started to happen when prayer was "taken out of schools" could just not..

It's not even the first time there's been a shooting at a religious school (or a church).

[riversedge]

22. Seven children in critical condition - doctor sayspublished at 11:23 11:23 We're now hearing from Thomas Wyatt, Chair o

Seven children in critical condition - doctor says published at 11:23
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly22nkpz8gt?post=asset%3Abf8bc146-9b89-430d-8b7b-1fe5f12a3e56#post

11:23

We're now hearing from Thomas Wyatt, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Hennepin Healthcare.

Seven critical patients were brought in and four needed surgery, Wyatt says.

He also says the patients were aged between six and 14 years old.

He adds that he can't give any individual patient information, but at the moment they're all alive.

[Scrivener7]

32. Aged six to fourteen. No words.

[calimary]

45. Victims as young as six. SIX YEARS OLD.

The oldest, only 14. FOURTEEN!!!

I have no words AND thousands of words at the same time. And right now.

[Nigrum Cattus]

23. Contained ?

Do they have him in a jar ?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. In a bag. . . . nt

[orangecrush]

35. Good

[ancianita]

28. So the trump election strategy is to pay

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gunners (promise to set their families up for life, say) to mass shoot, which gives him "cause" for deploying troops into battlegrounds -- to "protect his beautiful christians ... Nice church ya got here, too bad if somethin' happened to it."

This protection racket strategy will be enacted in every battleground state over the next 14 months.

Keep christians from voting, keep the rest of the state intimidated to stay away from election polls so as to shut down a high turnout that current polls show could happen (e.g., the Iowa special election).

[angrychair]

30. Have they rolled out

The "thoughts and prayers" and "now is not the time..." talking points yet?
How about "we shouldn't be politicizing this tragedy right now"?
Or the "we have a mental health crisis in our country" but say they still plan to continue to give known dangerously mentally ill people access to guns? Plus continue to cut mental health care?

Classic.

[calimary]

42. Ahh, the talking points.

“Thoughts and prayers” don’t work.
“Now is not the time” doesn’t work.
“We shouldn’t be politicizing this tragedy” doesn’t work.
And certainly the bullshit “we have a mental health crisis in our country” DOESN’T WORK, DAMMIT!!!

I want to know WHEN we start taking the damn fucking guns AWAY????

And please nobody start with the “but but but cars kill people too, should we get rid of THEM TOO?” bullshit.

It’s the GUNS.

It’s the GOD DAMN FUCKING GUNS!!!!!!!






And two little kids who’ll never see another birthday…

[Iggo]

58. It's the guns.

Americans are too stupid to have them.

[Oeditpus Rex]

74. We have *two* mental-health crises

The overall one and the one that allows the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns..

But, they're connected only tangentially, and merely talking about them does nothing.

[Justice matters.]

48. Well, the pedophilianfelon's billionaire friends need more money...

They probably have stocks invested in gun-makers' businesses, so nothing will be done again.

[CountAllVotes]

33. Kick

[Blue Owl]

34. Nothing says "USA" like an NRA Back To School special

[Passages]

36. My country continues to horrifying me, daily.

....*multiple improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

[Jilly_in_VA]

37. Stupid ass coward

Just identify him already. I mean, we all know he has "mental health problems" since he obviously must be a white boy. No other excuses.

[perdita9]

40. I bet he's a registered Republican as well

[TommyT139]

54. Nope. Anti-Trump, and sadly, gender-expansive.

Offspring whose mother worked (perhaps still?) at the school.

This one will play big with the trumpists.

A tragedy, but for them, a useful one to exploit.

[Deep State Witch]

38. Gotta Wonder If This Was Timed

Tim Walz went after Yam Tits over the weekend. Now we have a school shooter in a Catholic school in Minneapolis. Gotta wonder if this was an operation to have Yam Tits send the NG into Minneapolis.

[perdita9]

39. PRAYERS DO NOT WORK!

The world's various religious institutions need to hit pause on their propaganda. We need to do something about crazy people having access to guns.

[calimary]

47. THIS.

THIS!!!!!!!!

[LiberalArkie]

43. Has Trump or Fox News said which Latin American country the shooter is from yet?

[RockRaven]

56. No, but Alex Jones/Infowars is saying the FBI told them the shooter was trans.

I wish that were snark, but no that really is their headline.

[BigmanPigman]

62. Were those names on the guns mean anything?

Are they real people? Is it a cryptic message? I am not familiar with the lingo and symbols.

[OldBaldy1701E]

49. I want to run down there immediately, but I know better.

Instead, I plan to contact the Church and see what I can do. I am not a Catholic (nor am I even a christian), but I worked in a Catholic school for almost a decade, so I still feel that connection.

So, as their savior would do, so will I. Not because he would, but because it is the decent and correct thing to do. I suspect he would approve.

(This just stinks of 'ulterior motive', I am going to just come right out and say it. No, we don't know anything yet, but that stench is unmistakeable...)

I also feel sick. Children should not keep being dragged into the adult political theater. They should not even be considered.

Only evil thinks about harming kids. Only evil.

[orangecrush]

61. Good man.

[groundloop]

50. Yawn...... nothing to get excited over, just another day in 'murica.

[MrWowWow]

51. Where Was the National Guard?

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Oh that's right. They're not quite ready to do a "rapid response." They're currently busy rapidly responding in picking up garbage and cleaning toilets in DC. Thoughts and prayers do not affect positive change. Formalized religion has never done anything for anyone except put a target on their back.
.

[Norrrm]

53. School children get thoughts and prayers. Guns get protective legislation.

School children get thoughts and prayers.
Guns get protective legislation.

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[riversedge]

59. What are Minnesota's gun laws? published at 11:59

What are Minnesota's gun laws?published at 11:59
11:59
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly22nkpz8gt?post=asset%3Aec5bc494-e4ca-4014-8b0b-6e6fcff1f360#post

Kayla Epstein
US reporter

Minnesota, where Minneapolis is located, has got relatively strong gun safety laws compared to the US overall.

It ranks 14th out of the 50 states, according to an analysis by gun safety advocacy group Everytown.

Minnesota requires background checks for buying firearms, and people need permits to carry guns in public.

The state also restricts those with violent offences, felonies, or domestic abuse on their record.

Families can ask a court to temporarily stop an at-risk individual from having guns.

Authorities haven’t given details on how the Minneapolis shooting suspect got the firearms, whether he had permission to own or carry them. Details like this will probably take time to come out.

[riversedge]

60. Suspect's mother previously worked at school............retired in Aug of 2021

Suspect's mother previously worked at school
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly22nkpz8gt?post=asset%3Aa6b4d013-9bba-4a70-9cce-bab5c932e10c#post

Suspect's mother previously worked at school published at 14:06
14:06

The suspected attacker's mother, Mary Grace Westman, previously worked at Annunciation Catholic School - according to a school newsletter from 2016.

The school newsletter welcomed Mary as the new Administrative Assistant in the Business Office.

A post on the church's Facebook says she retired from the school in August 2021.