Annunciation shooting: Parents, community demand change amid healing

The Brief

  • Parents and community members gathered in Mounds View to discuss gun violence after a tragic summer.
  • Emotional testimonies were shared following the Annunciation Church shooting, which left two students dead and 26 injured.
  • Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison supports a constitutional amendment to ban assault weapons.

MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. (FOX 9) A town hall meeting in Mounds View brought together parents and community members seeking change after a violent summer marked by a mass shooting at Annunciation Church and an attack on Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband.

Parents share emotional testimonies

What we know:

Parents at the meeting shared their grief and the challenges their children face after the tragic events.

“As a father, not being able to tell your kids they are safe is the most hopeless I ever felt,” said Dan Manchon, an Annunciation parent and parishioner.

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