DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday ordered flags to fly at half-staff to honor the victims of a mass shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis.

The proclamation , signed earlier Wednesday by President Donald Trump, states that flags at all federal locations, military posts, seagoing vessels and embassies abroad will be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Sunday, Aug. 31.

“Kids deserve to feel and be safe in our schools, classrooms, neighborhoods, places of worship, and communities. No parent or family should ever have to wonder if their child is safe at school, and violence against any child or person in any form has no place in the United States,” Gov. Polis said in a statement.

The shooting happened as people were celebrating Mass at the Annunciation Catholic School just bef

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