Two children were killed when a gunman opened fire through church windows during a Mass attended by schoolchildren at a Minneapolis Catholic Church Wednesday morning, Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed at a press conference.
Breitbart News reported on the shooting as details began to emerge, noting that an unknown number of people had been shot.
The shooting occurred just before 8:30 a.m.
During the press conference, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) was emotional and said, “This kind of act of evil should never happen.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a shooting was reported at Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church. They learned that a gunman “began firing through the church windows towards the children sitting in the pews at the Mass.”
The shooter had a rifle, a shotgun,