A gunman fired multiple weapons through the windows of Annunciation Church during a mass marking the first week of school, striking worshippers and children in the pews. Two children, ages 8 and 10, were killed where they sat; 17 others were injured, including 14 children, with two children in critical condition. The shooter was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol and later died by suicide inside the church. Hennepin Healthcare received 11 patients, including nine children aged 6 to 14; four required surgery and there were no fatalities among those brought to that hospital.
During the mass, a gunman approached on the outside, on the side of the building and began firing a rifle through the church windows, towards the children sitting in the pews at the mass. He struck children and worshippers that were inside the building. The shooter was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol. This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshipping.
Two young children, ages 8 and 10 were killed where they sat in the pews, their parents have been notified. 17 other people were injured, 14 of them being children. Two of those children are in critical condition. The coward who fired these shots ultimately took his own life in the rear of the church.
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