Two children were killed and 17 people were injured in a shooting on Wednesday during a Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis that marked the beginning of the school year.

June Holine — a 9-year-old fourth grader — was inside the church, which is attached to a school building, when the shooting happened.

"I heard the noise and I kind of got scared at first," she said. "If, like, somebody did a firework that didn't launch off, like in your ear, that's kind of how loud it was."

June said she was sitting in the back of the church with her teacher, classmates and friends when the gunfire interrupted the Mass.

"I was scared about if I would get hurt. I was worried about everybody getting hurt and injured," she said.

June said her teacher jumped onto the floor.

"Then

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