MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Police Department confirmed an active shooter opened fire at a church on the city's south side Wednesday morning, killing two children and injuring 17 others.

Police say the shooter died by suicide following the rampage, and there is no longer a threat to the community.

An army of police and paramedics arrived at Annunciation Church, 509 W. 54th Street, around 8:30 a.m., where police reported a man dressed in black and armed with a rifle was spotted on the scene.

At a press conference later Wednesday morning, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the shooter, a man in his early 20s, appears to have barricaded doors to the church before approaching the side of the building and opening fire with a rifle, shooting through the windows directly at children

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