‘My stomach dropped’ - After Minneapolis shooting, Catholic school leaders bolster security

“My kids are in Catholic schools, my stomach dropped when I heard about it.”

Annunciation Catholic Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Credit: Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Paul Escala had just dropped his kids off for their first day at the local Catholic school when he got a phone call.

“There has been a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis,” a colleague told Escala.

Escala is the superintendent of schools for th…