Annunciation mass shooting updates: MPD response timeline; victim Lydia Kaiser returns to school
Minneapolis police chief, discussing recent mass shootings, said he is "exhausted from all these crime scenes" as investigations continue. Twelve-year-old Lydia Kaiser returned to school as of a Sept. 30 GoFundMe update; she underwent surgery to remove part of her skull to allow her brain to swell and will need ongoing care, and the Uvalde Foundation for Kids said it will award her its National Student Heroism Award.
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🔍 Key Facts
- 12-year-old Lydia Kaiser is a victim of the Annunciation mass shooting.
- A Sept. 30 GoFundMe update — reported by FOX 9 Minneapolis–St. Paul on Oct. 1, 2025 — says Kaiser has returned to school.
- Kaiser underwent surgery that removed a piece of her skull to allow her brain to swell (a decompressive procedure) and will require ongoing care.
- The Sept. 30 GoFundMe update served as the family's latest public status on Kaiser’s recovery and was the source of the return-to-school report.
- The Uvalde Foundation for Kids announced it will award Kaiser its National Student Heroism Award, according to founder Daniel Chapin.
📍 Contextual Background
- Robert Warren, 51, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder with intent and two counts of possessing a firearm after being convicted of a violent crime in connection with a shooting that killed two men in a Loring Park apartment building in Minneapolis.
- Officers responded to a fight call at an apartment building at 15 East Grand Street in Loring Park, Minneapolis, on Sept. 27 just before 2 p.m., and found two men dead from gunshot wounds.
- A shotgun and shotgun shells were recovered at the scene of the Minneapolis apartment building shooting.
- Surveillance footage of the incident shows Robert Warren allegedly ambushing the two victims as they exited an elevator on the second floor and firing shots at their necks.
- When an officer entered the building the suspect, Robert Warren, lay down prone without any commands from the officer and was arrested at the scene.
- Robert Warren has two prior felony convictions for domestic assault and third-degree assault.
- Robert Warren was scheduled to have his first court appearance on Oct. 1.
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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).