Active shooter confirmed at church in South Minneapolis

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.

Authorities said there's no longer an active threat, and the shooter died by suicide.

An army of police and paramedics arrived at Annunciation Church, 509 W. 54th Street, around 8:30 a.m., where Richfield 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 sitting in the p