school shootings

Pope urges end to 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for Minnesota school shooting victims

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of a shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States.

What to know about the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis

By R.J. Rico, Associated Press

The shooting comes as school years are starting across the U.S., and some universities have dealt with false alarms about school shootings.

Updates: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

By Associated Press

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews.

WATCH: Minneapolis officials offer latest details on deadly Catholic school shooting

By Associated Press

The police chief said dozens of children were inside the mass at the time of the shooting. Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed where they sat in the pews, he added.

Two children killed, 17 wounded during Mass in a Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

By Steve Karnowski, Mark Vancleave, Associated Press

A shooter opened fire with a rifle Wednesday through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people in an act of violence the…

Villanova University says report of an active shooter on campus was a 'cruel hoax'

By Associated Press

A report of a shooter on Villanova University's campus that sparked panic among students and drew a heavy police presence was a “cruel hoax,” the school's president said Thursday.

Father of teenager who shot and killed 2 at Wisconsin religious school faces felony charges

By Scott Bauer, Todd Richmond, Associated Press

Wisconsin prosecutors on Thursday charged the father of a teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting last year with allowing her access to the semiautomatic pistols she used in the attack.

Judge refuses to drop criminal charges against former Uvalde schools police chief

By Nadia Lathan, Associated Press

A Texas judge has refused to throw out criminal charges accusing the former Uvalde schools police chief of endangering children in the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 Robb Elementary shooting.

What we know so far about the shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin

By Associated Press

The shooting occurred late Monday morning at Abundant Life Christian School. Police said a teenage student opened fire, killing another student and a teacher. The shooter also died.

California religious school may have been targeted in shooting that wounded 2, authorities say

By Terry Chea, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press

Investigators on Thursday were trying to determine if a gunman was specifically targeting a tiny religious school in Northern California when he opened fire and critically wounded two kindergartners before killing himself.