Newly released 911 transcripts capture chaos, fear during Minneapolis church shooting: ‘Stay down, stay quiet'

Newly circulated transcripts reveal the fear and chaos that gripped students staff and clergy inside a Minneapolis church when a gunman clad in tactical gear opened fire on them in August The transcripts obtained by Fox News Digital include teachers whispering to calm students and staff urging children to stay hidden at Annunciation Catholic Church while passersby outside describe the gunfire The heroism of educators and staff who kept students quiet under pews and sheltered in a downstairs classroom is vividly revealed Dear God dear God in heaven there s chosen guns in Annunciation Church on th Karen McCann a parishioner hiding in the sanctuary informed a dispatcher HAUNTING FOOTAGE SHOWS SUBURBAN MINNEAPOLIS HOME WHERE TRANS GUNMAN PLOTTED SCHOOL ATTACK We re all crouched down under the it just happened We re crouched under the pews it s a whole bunch of people here McCann revealed He might be coming in the church again The dispatcher tried to reassure her saying We have so multiple responders on the way to you The Aug mass shooting left two children dead and others injured The alleged gunman Robin Westman killed himself with his own weapon police announced In the Minneapolis police offense description also obtained by Fox News Digital investigators marked the attack with no bias motivation meaning it was not classified as a hate crime under state reporting standards The first calls came from people outside the church who either saw the gunman or heard bullets ring out as early as a m as students were getting ready to pray There s gunshots there s like gunshots all over an unidentified caller mentioned Uhm must have been all together in a bunch of different bursts the caller explained Jillian Mai a parent driving by described a man in head-to-toe camo gear with black goggles standing in place next to the church while neighbor Caitlin Nolan saying she saw the shooter across the street He was shooting at the church He seemed to be wearing all black and had a black gigantic gun Nolan disclosed It had to be automatic Inside the horror was unfolding We need we need therapeutic assistance ASAP We got multiple people have been shot an unidentified woman caller likely a staff member stated a dispatcher Father Dennis Zehren validated that children were inside the church and that the gunman was proceeding at the south end of the building GIRL SHOT IN HEAD DURING MINNEAPOLIS CHURCH MASSACRE MAKING MIRACULOUS RECOVERYBecca Hare a fourth-grade instructor authenticated people were injured I don t know how several people are here but there are people hurt Hare mentioned Stay down stay down okay I m going to go help I m going to go help The calls reveal dispatchers telling the terrified callers to stay hidden as teachers worked to keep students quiet under the pews Guide Diane released that she and her aides were downstairs where they managed to barricade doors and took in fleeing children actions that also likely kept the children safe from stray fire We were downstairs having crackers and all of a sudden we heard gunshots there s a whole bunch of kids started coming in cause they re running from everywhere she commented We re in the church basement locked in the classroom right now Meanwhile at the end of Hare s call she informed students that the police had arrived and then she began giving commands to others to move out People just urged if someone was hurt and they disclosed yes Hare disclosed If you re injured and you can walk could you walk she stated as she tried to evacuate the children Injured are going we are evacuating she commented We are going to the school we are going to the school It s okay I promise Outside two of Westman s stray bullets also hit the car of motorist Timothy Barnes who reported he was driving by as gunfire erupted I saw a guy start shooting and my car got hit by bullets Barnes announced Barnes described the shooter as being in all-black tactical gear with an assault rifle standing between the school and the church in a green space In other documents obtained by Fox News Digital police confirm that a death by suicide occurred as part of the same scenario Westman is not named in the documents which were redacted in accordance with Minnesota state law Minneapolis police however identified him by name during a press briefing following the shooting Two children Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski were killed and people of them children were injured Sophia Forchas who was shot in the head is making a steady recovery