This is one thing. I'm David Rind, and gun violence doesn't end when the bullets stop flying.

People who have had this kind of trauma. It should be and is as newsworthy as the events themselves.

Stick around.

So I am an editor on CNN's National Hub. I handle mostly digital stories.

And I was working at our newsroom in Atlanta on the morning of August 27th.

And the news came in of a school shooting.

And as you might imagine, my desk has a protocol.

Unfortunately, in 2026, school shootings are as much a part of school in America

as geometry or English literature. They happen far more often here than any other country on Earth.

They happen so often, in fact, they can start to run together. You might have heard my colleague

Michelle Krupa there mentioned a shooting that happened on August 27, 2025, and wondered, which one was that again? And I don't blame you

for thinking that. I don't necessarily think it's a crass thought to have. It's just the sad,

sad reality we live in. While the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis that happened just three

days into the school year was unique, not necessarily for the horror it created, but for where it

occurred. Out front tonight, the breaking news, a horrific act of violence at school. Two children

are dead after a shooter, clad in all black, opened fire through the stained glass windows of the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, first barricading the doors to prevent anyone from leaving.

It was like right beside me. I was like two seats away from the stained glass windows.

So they were like, the shots were like right next to me.

The first one, I was like, what is that?

I thought it was just something.

Then when I heard it again, I just ran under the pew.

And then I covered my head.

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