Annunciation mass shooting updates: MPD response timeline; victim Lydia Kaiser returns to school
Minneapolis police leaders have publicly addressed the toll of mass shootings on investigators, and 12-year-old Lydia Kaiser — who underwent surgery to remove part of her skull to allow for brain swelling and will need ongoing care — has returned to school and will receive the Uvalde Foundation for Kids’ National Student Heroism Award. Doctors who treated Annunciation victims are urging a special legislative session to enact statewide bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, a safe-storage requirement, and to lift the state prohibition on local gun rules, while students’ cards were hand-delivered to Pope Leo XIV, who promised his prayers for the community.
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🔍 Key Facts
- 12-year-old Lydia Kaiser has returned to school, according to a Sept. 30 GoFundMe update reported Oct. 1, 2025.
- Kaiser underwent surgery that removed a piece of her skull to allow her brain to swell and will need ongoing care.
- The Uvalde Foundation for Kids announced it will award Kaiser its National Student Heroism Award, the foundation's founder Daniel Chapin said.
- The Minnesota Medical Association organized doctors, including clinicians who treated Annunciation victims, to demand a special legislative session on gun policy.
- Those doctors outlined specific policy asks: statewide bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, a statewide safe-storage requirement, and removal of the state prohibition that blocks localities from enacting stricter gun rules.
- Named clinicians such as Dr. Trish Vilsic and Dr. Lisa Matson described the clinical harms they have seen and urged converting medical testimony into public policy action.
- Archbishop Bernard Hebda hand-delivered cards made by Annunciation students to Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where the Pope promised his prayers for the families and the Archdiocese; Auxiliary Bishop Kevin Kenney also gave the Pope a 100th-Annunciation-anniversary button and spoke about the meeting on air.
📍 Contextual Background
- At that news conference, Minnesota doctors called for a statewide ban on assault-style weapons, a statewide ban on high-capacity magazines, a statewide requirement that firearms be stored locked and unloaded and separate from ammunition, and the removal of the current prohibition on local municipalities enacting firearm regulations stricter than the state.
- Minnesota state law currently includes a prohibition preventing local municipalities from enacting firearm regulations that are stricter than state law.
- Minnesota House Republican leaders Speaker Lisa Demuth (R–Cold Spring) and House Floor Leader Representative Harry Niska (R–Ramsey) said their party would favorably consider, during a special legislative session, bills related to improving school and student safety, improving mental-health access and funding, and improving public safety, without proposing additional statewide gun restrictions.
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Annunciation shooting: Students' acts of kindness reach Pope Leo XIV
New information:
- Archbishop Bernard Hebda hand-delivered cards made by Annunciation students to Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.
- Archbishop Hebda said the Pope promised his prayers for the families and the Archdiocese in a released statement.
- Auxiliary Bishop Kevin Kenney reported personally giving the Pope a 100th-Annunciation-anniversary button and provided on-air comments about the meeting.
Annunciation shooting: Doctors in Minnesota call for gun ban, special session
New information:
- Minnesota Medical Association organized doctors — including clinicians who treated Annunciation victims — to demand a special legislative session on gun policy.
- Doctors laid out specific policy asks: statewide bans on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines; a statewide safe-storage requirement; and removal of the state prohibition that blocks localities from enacting stricter gun rules.
- Named quotes from Dr. Trish Vilsic and Dr. Lisa Matson describing the clinical harms seen and converting medical testimony into a public policy demand.
Annunciation mass shooting: Lydia Kaiser returns to school after attack
New information:
- 12-year-old Lydia Kaiser has returned to school as of a Sept. 30 GoFundMe update reported Oct. 1, 2025.
- Medical detail: Kaiser underwent surgery that removed a piece of her skull to allow her brain to swell and will need ongoing care.
- Uvalde Foundation for Kids announced it will award Kaiser its National Student Heroism Award (statement from founder Daniel Chapin).