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Watch live: Officials hold news conference after Minneapolis mass shooting

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The city was in a state of mourning as authorities on Thursday worked to determine what motived a 23-year-old to open fire on a church filled with schoolchildren, killing two young students and injuring 17 others while they prayed.

Minnesotans gathered late Wednesday for a vigil in remembrance of the slain victims, ages 8 and 10, and to pray for the recovery of the injured. Hundreds of people sat in folding plastic chairs and on bleachers and stood outside to hear Archbishop Bernard Hebda speak in the Academy of Holy Angels High School gymnasium.

“I'm not usually that emotional, but I was genuinely shaking,” said Elaina Polding, 17, who goes to youth group at Annunciation Catholic Church, where the shooting unfolded.

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