Annunciation Catholic School parents and community members gathered at Mounds View City Hall on Saturday for a town hall hosted by the mayor and the Minnesota attorney general to discuss gun violence and reform.
Mayor Zach Lindstrom, who ran as a non-partisan candidate, said it feels like silence has fallen over the tragedy, a few months after the deadly mass shooting. Meanwhile, a dozen parents described the trauma that has forever changed the lives of students and families as they made a public plea for change.
“Weeks later, my daughter would find the words to tell me more of her own story from that day,” one parent shared. “She saw her friends get shot. She saw her dear sweet friend die in front of her… She is eight years old, and her grief is so heavy.”…