Two children are dead and 17 others were wounded after a gunman opened fire inside a Catholic church in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 27, police confirmed at a press conference.

At a news briefing on Wednesday afternoon, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the "unthinkable tragedy" at Annunciation Catholic School was reported to police just before 8:30 a.m. and happened during a mass service at the church where dozens of children were in attendance for the first week of school.

The chief said that two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed while sitting in the pews when a gunman fired a rifle through the windows from outside. According to O'Hara, 14 of the 17 people injured in the shooting were children, two of whom are in critical condition.

Thomas Wyatt, chair of emergency med

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