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Flags in Iowa should be lowered to half-staff immediately to honor the victims of a shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday.

Two children were killed and 17 people were injured, 14 of whom were children between the ages of 6 and 15, the Associated Press reported .

Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset Sunday, according to the governor’s office.

“What occurred this morning at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis is unspeakably senseless violence against innocent and defenseless children,” Reynolds said in a statement. “Such evil acts have no place in our grea

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