Overview

• Mourners filled Mount Olivet Lutheran Church on Sunday to remember 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, honoring the family's request to wear bright colors.
• Attendees included Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife Gwen, according to the Associated Press.
• Authorities have identified the shooter as 23-year-old former student Robin Westman, who allegedly fired more than 100 rounds through church windows and was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.
• The attack injured at least 21 people, most of them Annunciation Catholic School students, with three parishioners in their 80s also hurt, according to local reports.
• A public celebration of life for 10-year-old Harper Moyski is scheduled for noon on Sept. 14 at the Lake Harriet Bandshell, with her family inviting the community to gather and remember her.