Overview
- Weston Halsne, 10, will undergo surgery after doctors discovered a bullet fragment near his carotid artery, with his family anticipating a full recovery.
- Weston said his friend Victor shielded him during the gunfire and was shot while protecting him, and the child seated to his left was killed.
- The Aug. 27 attack during a back-to-school Mass killed two children and injured 18 others, according to officials, with all the injured expected to survive.
- Police identified the shooter as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who fired through stained-glass windows from outside the church and was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Investigators recovered three guns with at least 116 rifle rounds and shotgun shells, first responders arrived within minutes to evacuate students, and a fundraiser for Weston has surpassed $32,000.