The parents of both children killed during the Annunciation Catholic School shooting have issued their first statements since the attack on 27 August.
Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski were killed when 23-year-old Robin Westman began firing through the windows of Annunciation Church, adjoining the school, hitting children who were inside praying and participating in a school Mass to celebrate the first week of classes after returning to school from the summer break.
During a 28 August press conference outside Annunciation school in Minneapolis, Fletcher’s father, Jesse Merkel, said the hole left in his family’s hearts by his son’s death will never be filled.
