Live Updates: 2 Children Dead, 17 Others Injured in Mass Shooting at Minneapolis Catholic School By Liam Quinn 23

Two children were killed and 17 people were injured in a shooting during morning Mass before the second day of school at a Catholic school and church in Minneapolis.

Reports of the shooting first came in just before 8:30 a.m. central time. Of the 17 people injured, 14 were children, including some in critical condition.

The children killed in the shooting were 8 and 10 years old.

Gov. Tim Walz confirmed that he had been briefed about the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School and said law enforcement was responding to the scene.

“I’m praying for our kids and teachers whose first week of school was marred by this horrific act of violence,” Walz wrote.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey addressed the media at a press conference, calling the shooting “unspeakable.”

“No words that can capture the horror of this unspeakable act,” Frey said. “Children are dead.”

“Do not think of these as just somebody else’s kids, think of this as if it were your own,” the mayor continued. “Every one of us needs to be wrapping our arms around these families, giving them every ounce we can muster. These were Minneapolis families, these were American families.”