A 10-year-old student at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis said his classmate shielded him during Wednesday morning’s mass shooting, taking a bullet in the process.
Fifth grader Weston Halsne was seated just a few feet from the stained-glass windows of Annunciation Catholic Church when gunfire erupted during a back-to-school Mass. Two children were killed, and 17 others were injured—14 of them students.
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Student’s Account
“It was like, shots fired and then we kind of like got under pews,” Halsne told WCCO. “They shot through the stained glass windows, I think, and it was really scary.”
He said his friend Victor lay on top of him and was hit by gunfire. “My friend, Victor, like saved me though. Because he laid on top of me. But he got hit. I was super scared for him. But I think now he’s OK.”
“I hope you’re OK and I’m praying for you,” Halsne added in a message to his classmate.
Aftermath of the Attack
Halsne described waiting five to ten minutes before moving with classmates to the gym, where staff locked the doors for