At least 26 people are dead and 20 wounded after a gunman opened fire Sunday inside a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Here’s what we know so far:

Law enforcement officials stand next to a covered body at the scene of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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