MINNEAPOLIS —
Two children were killed and 17 people were injured when a shooter opened fire during Mass at a Catholic school in Minneapolis during the first week of classes. Fourteen of the injured are children.
The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
What we know:
Emergency responders were called to the Annunciation Catholic School around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the city’s Windom neighborhood, about 8 miles west of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter — armed with a rifle, shotgun and pistol — approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews during Mass.
The children who died were 8 and 10, and 14 other kids were among the wounded, the chief said.
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