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People pray at a memorial at Annunciation Catholic Church the day after a school shooting, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Credit: Abbie Parr/AP.)

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Documents released a year after the deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school provide a detailed account of the swift response by law enforcement officers who arrived within minutes and began triaging injured students.

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