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A church shooting shook Minneapolis. The Star Tribune’s newsroom responded together — and won a Pulitzer.
Reporters with deep ties to the community moved quickly and stayed on the story, producing coverage marked by urgency, depth and compassion
On the morning of Aug. 27, 2025, students and faculty of a Catholic school were gathered for a special Mass at the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis when an armed shooter fired dozens of rounds into the church.
Two children — Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski — died. So did the perpetrator.