Parents of Students Killed in Minneapolis Church Shooting Share Emotional Pleas

Parents of Students Killed in Minneapolis Church Shooting Share Emotional Pleas
In this undated photo provided by the Merkel family, Fletcher Merkel, who was killed in a school shooting in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, 2025, poses for a picture. Merkel Family via AP
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The parents of the two schoolchildren fatally shot in a Minneapolis church spoke out for the first time on Thursday afternoon, with some imploring the shaken community to address the root causes of shootings that target schools.

Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, were killed on Wednesday morning when a shooter opened fire at a Mass that hundreds of students at Annunciation Catholic School attended.