Minneapolis children, teachers displayed great courage during school shooting, medical officials say

Gun violence in the U.S. has become increasingly commonplace at schools, churches and other settings once considered safe.

Some children and teachers inside a Minneapolis church displayed remarkable courage under fire when an assailant began shooting at students attending a Catholic Mass, medical officials said on Thursday.

One pre-teen student at Annunciation Catholic Church during the deadly Wednesday morning attack took a shotgun blast to his back after putting his body in the line of fire trying to protect another child, county health officials said.

“There’s a lot of maybe unrecognized heroes in this event, along with the children that were protecting other children,” Martin Scheerer, a director at Hennepin Emergency Medical Services. “The teachers were getting shot at. They were p