LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Feelings of shock and sadness are being shared by Catholics across the nation in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at a Minnesota Catholic school.

“These were children, and they were in a church, so they are innocents, and they should be in the safest of environments and yet this gunman has brought terror and death to these young people,” said Diocese of Lansing Communications Director David Kerr.

The shooting happened at Annunciation Catholic Church on Wednesday, when students and staff were sitting down for mass. The shooter fired through the church’s windows, killing two children and injuring 17 other people, 14 of which are also children.

Law enforcement officials in Minnesota have identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who died of a self-infli

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