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

The fragment lies near a carotid artery, with surgery expected early this week.

Overview

  • Weston Halsne, 10, will undergo surgery to remove a fragment lodged in his neck that narrowly missed his carotid artery, his family said.
  • His friend Victor Greenawalt, credited by Weston with shielding him during the gunfire, is out of the hospital and recovering at home, according to a family update.
  • GoFundMe campaigns reported more than $33,000 raised for Weston’s care and over $300,000 for Victor’s medical expenses.
  • The Aug. 27 attack at Annunciation Catholic Church during morning Mass killed 10-year-old Harper Moyski and 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and wounded many others.
  • Suspect Robin Westman, 23, fired over 100 rounds with multiple weapons before dying of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot, and the FBI is reviewing the case as potential domestic terrorism and an anti-Catholic hate crime.