Please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n He described his son as \u201cbright, joyful, and deeply loved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Harper\u2019s family called her \u201ca vibrant, loving 10-year-old who lit up every room.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement, they said, \u201cOur hearts are broken not only as parents, but also for Harper\u2019s sister\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n No family should ever have to endure this kind of pain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n They urged leaders to act: \u201cChange is possible, and it is necessary.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eighteen others were wounded, including 15 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The suspect, Robin Westman, died by suicide. Over 100 rifle rounds were recovered at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Innocent Lives Remembered Two children were killed in the Minneapolis school shooting outside Annunciation Catholic Church. Authorities confirmed 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski were among the victims. \u201cPlease Remember Fletcher\u201d Fletcher\u2019s father, Jesse Merkel, delivered an emotional tribute: \u201cYesterday, a coward decided to take our eight-year-old son Fletcher away from us. Please remember…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4546,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4544\/revisions\/4546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/08\/29065518\/merkel1.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHarper Moyski\u2019s Family Speaks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Attack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n