Child Who Shielded Friends During Minneapolis School Shooting Praised by Officials

One child took a shotgun blast to the back while protecting a friend.

A mourner signs a memorial cross at a vigil at Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota, for the victims of a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, where two children were killed and 17 people were injured by a shooter, on Aug. 27, 2025. Tom Baker/AFP via Getty Images

Officials praised children at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis who put themselves in harm’s way to protect their friends during a mass shooting on Aug. 27.

Officials at Hennepin County Medical Center spoke to reporters on Aug. 28 with an update about those injured after a man killed two children and injured 17 others when he opened fire during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school.