MINNEAPOLIS - At least two children were killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis during a Mass to mark the first week of school, according to police, in a “deliberate act of violence.”

The deceased children were eight and 10 years old.

The shooting occurred during the first week of classes for Annunciation Catholic School, which serves students from preschool through eighth grade in southern Minneapolis.

While outside of the school, the gunman began “firing a rifle through church windows,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said.

The shots were fired “towards the children sitting in the pews at the mass, shooting through the windows. He struck children and worshipers that were inside the building,” he said.

O’Hara continued, “The shooter was armed with a

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