The city of Minneapolis was reeling on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire at a local church, killing two children and wounding more than a dozen others at a morning service.
The Star Tribune reports that a shooter, dressed entirely in black, approached Annunciation Catholic Church around 8:30 a.m. as children from the parish’s school were attending a morning Mass. The shooter, carrying a rifle, pistol, and a shotgun, fired into the building from the outside.
According to Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara, two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed; 17 others, 14 of whom were children, were injured. The shooter was found dead at the scene by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. “This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshipping. The sheer crue