Minneapolis Faculty Capturing
Father of Slain 8-Yr-Outdated Speaks
Revealed
Fox 9
Jessie Merkel — the daddy of 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, who was killed in the course of the capturing at a Catholic faculty in Minnesota Wednesday — spoke out Thursday in a heartbreaking speech.
Merkel began out by calling Robin Westman — the shooter who cops say fired greater than 100 rounds via the home windows of a church right into a schoolwide Mass — a coward … including Robin’s actions robbed him and his accomplice of years with their son.
Merkel says Fletcher loved fishing, cooking, enjoying sports activities and spending time with family members … and, he asks individuals to attempt to bear in mind the sort of child Fletcher was, as an alternative of considering solely of his tragic dying.
Merkel says he hopes wounded victims within the capturing will get well … and, he says he is praying for the household whose 10-year-old baby was additionally killed within the capturing.
8/27/25
CNN
Jessie thanks the opposite college students and adults within the church who helped rush children out of hazard in the course of the assault … and, he says he is grateful they have been capable of cease the tragedy from changing into even worse.
Merkel asks for empathy throughout this tough time … and encourages these watching to carry their family members only a bit tighter right this moment.
CNN
As … Fletcher and one different baby have been killed within the capturing, which started round 8:30 AM native time Wednesday morning. Not less than 17 individuals have been injured and rushed to hospitals. Westman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound within the car parking zone.
Video captured quite a few youngsters streaming out of the church in the course of the assault … older college students stopped to assist youthful children, and adults ran again into the constructing to assist coax extra of the kids out.
