A shooting occurred Wednesday during the first week of classes at a Minneapolis Catholic school, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and authorities said. There was no immediate information on any injuries.

The governor said on social media that he had been briefed on a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.

“I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence,” Walz wrote on X.

A person answering the phone at Annunciation School said students were being evacuated.

The pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school had an all-school Mass scheduled at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to its website. Monday was the first day of school.

As the news of the school shooting broke, the city of Minneapolis asked the public to stay away from the area of West 54th Street, between Lyndale and Nicollet avenues, to allow emergency personnel to help victims.

“There is no active threat to the community at this time,” the city posted on X. “The shooter is contained.

The city also instructed the families of children at the school to go to the reunification zone at the Annunciation School, located at 525 W. 54th St.

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