US Edition57 Days After a Gunshot to the Head, 12-Year-Old School Massacre Survivor Has Returned Home
Sophia Forchas was critically injured in the mass shooting that killed two students and injured 30 others, with over $1.1 million raised for her recovery, officials said.
- On Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, 12-year-old Sophia Forchas was released from Gillette Children's St. Paul Campus and received cheers and hugs outside Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis.
- On Aug. 27, at Annunciation Catholic Church and School, two students were killed and 30 people hurt, with Sophia Forchas, then 12, critically wounded by a rifle round to the head.
- After a period in critical condition, Sophia Forchas underwent extensive surgery that included part of her skull removed and was placed in a medically-induced coma; Dr. Walt Galicich warned she might not survive and later embraced her at discharge.
- A police motorcade escorted Sophia Forchas home to Edina in a limousine under Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara's escort, stopping at Annunciation School where classmates greeted her with signs and hugs.
- A GoFundMe for Sophia and her family has raised more than $1.1 million, and Sophia Forchas, 12-year-old, is the last injured to be released as Annunciation School returns to normal and officials urge state lawmakers on gun laws.
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Girl Shot in Minneapolis Church Returns Home From Hospital
MINNEAPOLIS—A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a deadly attack at a Minneapolis Catholic church in August was released from the hospital Thursday and greeted with cheers as the police chief paraded her around town in a stretch limousine, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Sophia Forchas was the most seriously wounded child among those who survived the shooting at the Church of the Annunciation. A shooter opened fire with …
Final Annunciation Church shooting victim released after late August shooting
(Minneapolis, MN) — The last hospitalized victim from the deadly Annunciation Church mass shooting in Minneapolis is now home with her family. Twelve-year-old Sophia Forchas was one of more than 30 people who were shot during a Mass on August 27. Two of her classmates were killed. Last month, Sophia was in critical condition after suffering a head wound. Her family says she progressed quickly over the last few weeks. Sophia left the hospital in …
57 days after a gunshot to the head, 12-year-old school massacre survivor has returned home
A 12-year-old girl who doctors said was on the brink of death after being shot in the head this summer while praying with classmates of Annunciation Catholic School was greeted by dozens of cheering residents Thursday as a white limousine led by a police motorcade carried her through Minneapolis.
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Annunciation shooting victim Sophia Forchas released from hospital
ST. PAUL — Sophia Forchas, the 12-year-old Annunciation Catholic Church shooting victim who doctors feared wouldn’t survive her gunshot wounds, was released from Gillette Children’s St. Paul Campus on Thursday, Oct. 23. Sophia is the last of the 30 who were injured in the Aug. 27 shooting to be released from the hospital. Two children — 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski — were killed. On Sept. 5, Sophia’s neurosurgeon, Dr.…
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