Harrowing images have captured the shocking aftermath of the Minneapolis church shooting where 116 bullets ricocheted through the building's stained-glass windows at the small children sat praying inside.

A statue of the Virgin Mary is seen riddled with bullet holes, turning a once beautiful symbol of faith and hope into a reminder of the horror that unfolded at the Annunciation Catholic Church Wednesday morning.

The century-old church's stained-glass windows are now boarded up and the doors barricaded shut.

Outside, a make-shift memorial with two wooden crosses honors each of the slain victims.

Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski, 10, were both killed in the attack at the hands of 23-year-old mass shooter Robin Westman.