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.…