MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff statewide in remembrance of the children who died in a shooting at a church in Minneapolis Wednesday morning.
Police said two children killed while over a dozen children were injured after a shooter fired shots through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church Wednesday morning. Students and parishioners were participating in a morning Mass and were only a handful of days into the school year when the shooting happened. The alleged shooter died.
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“Our state and our nation are deeply saddened by this tragic loss of life, and we stand united in offering our prayers for the victims, their families and their community,” Ivey stated in a memo. “President Donald Trump has appropriately ordered that all flags be flown at half-staff throughout the nation in respect for the victims of this senseless act of violence.”
Ivey authorized flags to be lowered until Sunday.
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