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Annunciation Catholic School Shooting: Here's what we know

A shooter opened fire Wednesday morning during Mass at the Annunciation Catholic school in south Minneapolis, killing two children and injuring 17 other people in an act of violence the police chief called “absolutely incomprehensible.” “This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshipping. The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said in a press conference on Wednesday morning. A wooden plank was placed to barricade some of the side doors. O’Hara also said dozens of officers responded to the shooting and many of them — as well as the children and staff present in the church — are deeply traumatized by what they saw. The FBI says the shooting is being investigated as possible domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics. According to reports, all but three of the injured were children, two are in critical condition. Authorities have not released the identities of the victims, but said the children who were killed were fatally shot while they were sitting in the church pews. The three adults who were injured are parishioners in their 80s, officials said. It is unclear how many people were inside the church at the time. Officials said the shooting occurred near the beginning of Mass, when some children were seated and others were still entering.