MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Annunciation Church and School shooting left many wondering what can be done to help, leading some to donate blood.

Honoring Annunciation shooting victims

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While donations are up 400% since the Annunciation mass shooting, the blood supply is currently dangerously low in Minnesota.

In honor of the victims, Memorial Blood Centers set up its buses near Annunciation Church for members and families to donate.

The donations will be allocated to where the need is greatest. Right now, the need for blood in Minnesota is high, especially for O-negative and O-positive.

"August 11th, we declared a blood emergency because our inventory of blood got to about a two-day level. We like to be around a five to seven-day level of inventory on the shelves,"

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