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August 27th, to cover some horrifying and tragic news. I am speaking about the deadly shooting

that took place earlier today in South Minneapolis at the Enunciation Church

involving students there in a pre-K through eighth grade school.

This is, you know, part of the American fabric at this point, frankly, that we have school shootings.

I think this one in particular, though, stands out

because it is the day that these kids went back to school. And that's just horrifying. The numbers are

grizzly, as these things always are. In this case, the police chief who briefed reporters after the shooting happened said that two children are dead.

Kids are 8 and 10.

The police chief said that they were shot in the pews.

The shooter also is dead.

The shooter is believed to be a male in his early 20s. He had a rifle, a shotgun,

and a pistol, according to the police chief. On top of that, 17 people are injured. 14 of them

are children. Some of the descriptions of the injuries, as documented by the Star Tribune,

which is Minneapolis's newspaper, are horrifying. Gunshots to the head, people in critical

condition, hospitals forced to move rapidly in emergency situations as victims came in.

Some other details that just make it even worse.

The shooter never actually entered the building, apparently,

just shot through the windows.

There was one part of the briefing that really stood out to me.

According to the police chief, the shooter approached the church building.

And then, as I understood it, put a two by four

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