‘God, come to our aid’: Community gathers to pray for victims of Minneapolis school shooting

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.