Packed vigils listen to leaders call for need to put children before guns after deadly attack
The line wrapped around the brick building, people flowing into a high school gym already nearly full of a community in mourning.
The vigil at Academy of Holy Angels, 2 miles from the site where two schoolchildren were killed by a gunman during morning mass at Annunciation church, drew people of all faiths from around the Minneapolis metro area.
A couple of miles down the road, many hundreds gathered in a park for another vigil that called for stricter gun control and an end to the senseless violence that has become a fixture of American life.
Across the Twin Cities metro area, church leaders gathered their parishes in prayer and communion, joining together to find solace and make sense of the tragedy. Many had ties to the school, or saw their own children reflected in the faces of those affected.
