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MINNEAPOLIS () The mother of one of the children shot and wounded at a Minneapolis Catholic school is expected to speak Thursday from the hospital where she not only works, but where her daughter was treated.
Vivian St. Clair, 9, was shot multiple times in her back and arm during the attack that left two children dead and 21 people injured.
Her mother, Malia Kimbrell, is expected to be joined by her Hennepin Healthcare colleagues, where she is a nurse.
A GoFundMe to help pay for Vivian’s medical expenses had raised more than $160,000 by Thursday afternoon.
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he plans to call a special legislative session to consider tougher gun laws after the shooting at Annunciation Church.
Walz told reporters Tuesday, after welcoming children back to a public school in the Minneapolis suburb of Eagan, that he’ll be making calls to lawmakers and working on a plan over the next couple of days. Walz said he intends to propose a “very comprehensive” package that could include an assault-weapons ban.
But it’s not clear if new restrictions on guns could pass the closely divided Minnesota legislature. A special election this month is expected to restore a 67-67 tie in the House under a Republican speaker, and Senate Democrats have just a one-vote majority.