Minneapolis Shooting: 2 Children Killed,17 Injured After Gunman Opened Fire at Catholic School |N18G

A gunman fired a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis where students were celebrating their first Mass of the new school year on Wednesday morning, killing two children in the pews and injuring 17 others, 14 of whom are children, the police said. The attacker then shot and killed himself in the rear of the church, the Minneapolis police chief, Brian O’Hara, said at a news conference. The gunman, who was in his early 20s, also fired a shotgun and a pistol, Chief O’Hara said. The police did not release his name or say if he had a connection to the church. "This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshiping. The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a church full of children is absolutely incomprehensible," Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara told reporters. The shooting occurred two days after school started at Annunciation Catholic school, a private elementary school with about 395 students. The school is connected to Annunciation Catholic Church, and both are located in a residential area in the southeast part of Minnesota's largest city. #minneapolis #minneapolischurch #catholicschool #usatoday #cnbctv18