Witness saw crying and bloodied children exiting the school

Mike Garrity was walking home from the gym this morning when he heard a series of loud noises that he initially thought were coming from a nail gun at a construction site.

When he got closer to the church, he realized something terrible had happened.

Garrity, 64, who lives across the street from Annunciation, saw about a dozen crying children stream out of the school. At least three of them were covered in blood, he said.

He also saw adults who appeared to be members of the faculty or staff. "Don't go in there," one of them said.

Minneapolis police soon arrived at the scene, and officers darted inside the school, Garrity said.

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Six children are being treated at Children’s Minnesota

Six children are being treated at Children’s Minnesota, a hospital spokesperson said, declining to release further details.

"Children’s Minnesota is aware of the recent tragic shooting in Minneapolis. Our teams are trained to respond in times of crisis, and are fully prepared to care for impacted children," the hospital said in a statement. "We will not share more details to respect the privacy of our patients and families."

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Sen. Klobuchar says a 7th grade student watched her friends being shot in the back and neck

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., told MSNBC that she had spoken to one of her longtime employees who had three children in the school during the shooting.

The senator described the call with the mother as "one of the most upsetting things I've ever heard." The woman's daughter, who is in the seventh grade, watched her friends be shot.

"These kids are doing an all-school Mass and had to watch several of her friends get shot — one in the back, one in the neck," Klobuchar said."And they all got down under the pews and she — her daughter, of course, was not shot — but her daughter ended up being the one to tell one of the dads of one of the other kids that his daughter had been shot."

Klobuchar added that the children have been taken to a "very good" children's hospital nearby and to other area hospitals for treatment. She did not have exact numbers.

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Parents rush to be reunited with their children

The scene is emotional at the school, with parents in tears as they rush out of the campus carrying children on their shoulders, holding them by the hands, and pulling them away as quickly as possible.

Parents were told they could be reunited with their children in the school's basement, said Erin, a mother who only gave her first name.