"How, if we are to love our neighbors as much as ourselves, do we idly sit by and watch mass shooting after mass shooting take place? … And we do nothing?" columnist Devlyn Brooks asks.
Authorities are searching for one male suspect wanted in connection to two mass shootings that have killed anywhere between 16 to 22 people, with dozens more injured.
Ambulance and emergency medical teams had trained for a mass casualty event, but the July 14 shooting was the first time they faced the challenge outside of drills.
Karl Thomas Holmberg, 64, of Glendorado Township faces six charges of attempted murder and six charges of first-degree assault in the Thursday, Oct. 12, incident near Princeton, Minnesota.
Karl Holmberg, 64, faces six counts of attempted murder in the first degree of a peace officer and six counts of assault in the first-degree using deadly force against a peace officer.
Prosecutors have charged a 26-year-old man with two counts of 2nd-degree manslaughter, along with additional felony counts of child endangerment and negligent storage of firearms.
A Taser and less-lethal sponge rounds failed to subdue the suspect before he charged at an officer with a tactical knife, according to findings released Monday