Endre Gunter, 13, and Sophia Forchas, 12, are fighting for their lives in hospital after the shooter opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic School and Church.

Police say children were aged eight and 10; 14 of the injured are children as police say gunman approached during mass

Officials said an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old were killed in the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church. Two more children were in critical condition.

The shooting occurred when Annunciation Church, which also houses a school, was filled with students celebrating Mass.

Two children aged eight and 10 have been killed and 17 more people have been injured.

Mass shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school leaves two children dead, 17 injured, shooter dead by suicide.

Endre Gunter, 13, and Sophia Forchas, 12, are fighting for their lives in hospital after the shooter opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic School and Church.

Minneapolis officials have added another victim to the total from Wednesday morning's mass shooting that killed two children at the Church of the Annunciation.

Harper Moyski, 10, and Fletcher Merkel, 8, were praying when they were gunned down at school on Wednesday.

The two children killed in Wednesday's church shooting in Minneapolis have been identified by their families.

Fletcher Merkel, eight, and Harper Moyski, 10, died during the attack on the Annunciation Catholic school church