Two Children Killed, 17 Injured in Twin Cities Catholic School Shooting

UPDATE:  A shooting Wednesday at a Minneapolis Catholic school has killed two children as they prayed and injured 17 other people, 14 of them kids.

The police chief says the shooter also died in the violence Wednesday at the Annunciation Catholic School.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter approached the side of the church and shot through the windows toward the children sitting in the pews during Mass.

The police chief says the children who died were 8 and 10.

O’Hara says the shooting suspect is dead and in his early 20s and doesn’t have an extensive known criminal history.

Officials are looking into what may have motivated him.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police are looking for a shooter who killed one person and injured six others in an attack in broad daylight at a Minneapolis Catholic school.

There was no immediate information on any injuries.

Gov. Tim Waltz said on social media that he had been briefed on a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.

“I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence,” Waltz wrote on X.

A person answering the phone at Annunciation School said students were being evacuated.

The pre-kindergarten through eighth grade school had an all-school Mass scheduled at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to its website.

Monday was the first day of school.

This is a breaking news story. Check back for developments throughout the day.