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Minneapolis was shocked when gunfire broke out outside the Catholic Church on Wednesday, August 27, the fourth major shooting in less than 24 hours.
School attacks that scared students and parents were capped Violent Carnival This left at least three dead and a dozen injured throughout the city.
Violence span
The violence began on Tuesday afternoon, August 26, when a gunman opened fire on a group of people on the sidewalk in spacious sunlight. One victim was killed and six others were injured.
Later that night, the second fatal shooting occurred, followed by a third shooting early on Wednesday, August 27. Then, hours later, gunfire rang outside a church near the Catholic Catholic School – the attack shocked a community that had been rolled up.
Police are working on the scene after a mass shooting at Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 27, 2025. (Getty Image)
After the third shooting, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara expressed concern that the recent surge in gun violence was “deeply disturbing.”
“In three independent multiple shootings, eight people were injured by gunfire and three were killed,” O’Hara said in a press release.
He continued: “Although this level of violence has attracted attention, we are determined to fight for the safety of everyone in our community.”
Respond immediately
Gov. Tim Walz responded by deploying other state law enforcement officers to Minneapolis to patrol schools and places of worship.
“In the United States, no child is allowed to go to school during prayer for fear of danger, lose classmates, shooting,” Waltz said in a press release. “We will work closely with the City of Minneapolis to keep the families and children of residents safe.”
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sat on the school steps of the alert church, police reportedly reported mass shootings in Minneapolis Wednesday, August 27, 2025. (Abbie Parr/AP Photo)
Colonel Christina Bogojevic, Minnesota Patrol, stressed that the state’s role is beyond law enforcement. “We exist more than patrols – it’s about letting Minneapolis know they’re not alone.”
Minnesota Public Safety Director Bob Jacobson responded to the message, noting: “The loss Minneapolis is suffering now feels in our entire state. By uniting, local and state law enforcement is sending a clear message: Minneapolis people are not alone.”
Progress unlocks
The rave comes months after city officials hailed progress in curbing violence. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has not had a homicide before and said the north side of the city is “safeteria more than it has been in more than a decade.”
City data display The fewest shooting victims have been recorded in 2024 since 2014. But Frey acknowledged that the pace of progress could disappear. Just before his spring speech, a massive shooting on April 29 killed four people.
Jillian Peterson, Executive Director of the Center for Research on Violence Prevention Programs, Professor of Criminology at Hamline University Tell the United States today Despite positive trends, violence can still occur.
Minneapolis Police Commissioner Brian O’Hara stood outside the Catholic school after a mass shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. （AP/Bruce Kluckhohn）
“We tend to see clusters like this, and it’s hard to determine whether they are larger patterns or part of an isolated incident,” Peterson said. “However, there have been no shootings in the report school for a long time.”
Shootings by two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in July plus trauma in the city.
According to the gun violence file Minneapolis is a nonprofit that tracks such incidents, and so far there have been at least six mass shootings in 2025. The group defines mass shooting as a mass shooting in which four people were shot by gunfire, excluding shooters.
Structural Challenges
Despite the improvement, Minneapolis remains the center of violent crime in Minnesota, according to public safety expert David Zimmer.
“Minneapolis experienced explosive explosions of violent crimes, including murder, robbery and carjacking,” Zimmer explained. “While these rising rates of violent crimes have declined at peaks in 2022 and 2023, violent crimes in 2024 remained 45% higher than in 2018.”
Zimmer said the data is important because while Minneapolis accounts for only 7% of Minnesota’s population, the city accounts for:
- 30% of all aggravated attacks
- 46% of all murders
- 56% of all robberies
- 91% of all carjacking
“As Minneapolis wentso is Minnesota,” Zimmer said.
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Zimmer also noted that the Minneapolis Police Department operates below the authorized force, with only 550 sworn in officials, one of the lowest personnel rates in major U.S. cities.
Despite the challenges, Zimmer praised MPD “Crime Mode Response Solution” It turned out to be a successful response to violent robbery and carjacking mode, he said.
Policy and Politics
The violent craze has already fought politically against Minnesota’s progressive criminal justice policy.
Zimmer believes that lawmakers usually prioritize the impact of the law on criminals rather than victims. “The fact is that Minnesota has always been one of the lowest incarceration rates in the country, but the narrative about excessive liability makes it difficult to strengthen the consequences of criminal activity,” he said.
He wrote on X: “Retired New York Police Department Inspector and Fox News contributor Paul Mauro also pointed out: “We have been in the twenties of the victims in the town over the past two days,” he wrote on X, calling on progressive officials such as Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty.
After taking office in 2019, Walz climbed sharply from 117 to the peak of 2021 until the 2021 peak, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, until gradually dropping to 172 in 2023.
Analysts blamed pandemic disruptions, anti-police sentiment, progressive prosecutor decisions and the so-called “Ferguson effect” in which police have shrunk proactive enforcement.
Gov. Walz’s office did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Emma Colton of Fox News contributed to the report.
Stepheny Price is involved in crimes, including missing persons, homicides and immigration crimes. Story tip: stepheny.price@fox.com.
