<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/shooting" rel="" target="" title="shooting"><span>shooting</span></a><span> has occurred during the first week of classes at a </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> Catholic school, the Minnesota governor says.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There was no immediate information on any injuries, but Governor Tim Walz called the Wednesday morning (late night AEST) shooting "horrific". </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Minneapolis city government said the shooter had been "contained" after the gunfire at the Annunciation Church's school, and there was no "active threat" to residents.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/porepunkah-police-shooting-update/4c43bcf8-5d9d-4e79-8d74-407ea1ca4ab2"><strong><span>'That bloke could be anywhere': Porepunkah fears as night falls again</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Walz said on social media that he had been briefed on the shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence," Waltz wrote on X.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A person answering the phone at Annunciation School said students were being evacuated.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-school-shooting-annunciation-catholic-school-minnesota-governor-tim-walz/25b3fabc-d69e-45b9-81d2-ab20aaaa0370" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As police, FBI and other federal agents and ambulances converged on the school, a person answering the phone there said students were being evacuated.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A spokesperson for Hennepin Healthcare, which has Minnesota's largest emergency department, said in a text message that it was actively dealing with an emergency and provided no additional details. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A social media post from the company said it was caring for patients from the shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brittany-higgins-to-learn-defamation-fate-over-posts/4ef8b9c3-6033-4849-978e-97ef62451dbc"><strong><span>Higgins responds after being ordered to pay huge sum in defamation case</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that he was briefed on the "tragic shooting" and that the White House would continue to monitor the situation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school had an all-school Mass scheduled at 8.15am (11pm AEST), according to its website. Monday was the first day of school.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Monday was the first day of school, and social media photos from that day show students in green uniforms greeting each other at bicycle racks, smiling for the camera and sitting together.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/asic-probing-offset-accounts/6b3b2d05-8cae-4301-8025-8fd304b38d65" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Aussies might be paying too much for mortgages</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At a meeting of Democratic officials elsewhere in Minneapolis, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin noted the shooting and "unknown amount of victims".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The gunfire was the latest in a series of fatal shootings in the city in less than 24 hours. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One person was killed and six others were hurt in a shooting Tuesday afternoon outside a high school in Minneapolis. Hours later, two people died in two other shootings in the city.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em><span></span></div></div>