LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings to be lowered to half-staff starting Thursday.

In accordance with a proclamation from the White House , Beshear said flags would be lowered until sunset on Sunday, Aug. 31 in honor of those impacted by the deadly mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic School.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told media a shooting happened at Annunciation Catholic School just before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday when a 23-year-old shooter — armed with a shotgun, rifle and pistol — shot dozens of rounds from outside into the windows where children sat in pews during a mass.

Three people, including the shooter, died. The children who died were 8 and 10 years old, and 14 other kids were among the 17 total wounded, the chief

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