First lady Melania Trump took to social media late Wednesday night to comment on the tragedy earlier in the day at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota , in which two students, an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old, were shot and killed during mass. Seventeen other students were also wounded.

The first lady called for preventive measures to be taken to help identify possible school shooters in the future.

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