Overview

• Shots were fired around 8:30 a.m. during a school mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis in the first week of classes.
• Police report two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed and at least 17 people were injured, most of them children, with two in critical condition, while some outlets cite about 20 injured.
• Investigators say the attacker, described as in his early twenties, fired from outside through church windows using a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol before dying by apparent suicide in the parking lot.
• Officials say there is no ongoing threat and they believe he acted alone as FBI and ATF teams assist local police with evidence collection and interviews.
• State and city leaders condemned the attack and noted the school serves kindergarten through eighth grade, with police saying the incident appears unrelated to other recent shootings in Minneapolis.