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Bullet Fragment Found in Neck of 10-Year-Old Minneapolis Church Shooting Survivor

Doctors plan surgery to remove a fragment lodged near his carotid artery.

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.