Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed and 17 others were injured in a mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Tuesday.

Authorities have not yet released a motive, but confirmed they are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime. The shooter reportedly opened fire indiscriminately at the front of Annunciation Catholic School during a morning Mass service, according to police.

The Catholic Diocese of Birmingham, which oversees nearly 40 churches and schools in North Alabama, responded to the tragedy on Tuesday.

Donald Carson, the diocese's director of communications, said the attack is a shock not just to Catholics, but to people across the country. He emphasized the emotional and spiritual toll the shooting will have on the school community.

"The families of thes

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