Church leaders and county officials in Los Angeles Wednesday expressed sorrow after an assailant fired a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, killing an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old in the pews and injuring 17 others.

The students were celebrating their first Mass of the new school year when the shooting took place.

“We are praying for our brothers and sisters in Minneapolis,” Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles posted on social media. “We pray for those who died and those who were injured in this morning’s shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. May God grant eternal rest to those whose lives were taken, and may he give comfort to their families and loved ones.”

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn issued a statement urging Congre

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