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A woman is allowed to drop off flowers at the Annunciation Catholic School sign near the scene of the shooting at the school in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP.)

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People gather at a vigil at Lynnhurst Park after a shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV meets with elected officials from France in the Vatican on Aug 28, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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In this undated photo provided by the Merkel family, Fletcher Merkel, who was killed in a school shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, poses for a picture. (Credit: Merkel Family via AP.)

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Former members of the Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Cong (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, on Feb. 23, 2025. (Credit: Moses Sawasawa/AP.)

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The flags circling the Washington Monument fly at half-staff in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, following the shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis. (Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.)

Police say Minneapolis church shooter was filled with hatred and admired mass killers

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In this undated photo provided by the Merkel family, Fletcher Merkel, who was killed in a school shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, poses for a picture. (Credit: Merkel Family via AP.)

Parents of students killed in Minneapolis church shooting share emotional pleas

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