Fletcher Merkel, 8, was laid to rest on Sunday. A visitation started at 2 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 4 p.m. at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

A funeral was held this afternoon for one of the young victims shooting victims at Annunciation School and Church on August 27. Services were held for 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel. At the request of the family,

The article Listen: KDWB Replays Fletcher Merkel’s Joyful Radio Clip After Father’s Call appeared first on Southwest Minneapolis Patch. MINNEAPOLIS — KDWB listeners heard an emotional call Tuesday when Jesse Merkel, the father of Annunciation shooting victim Fletcher Merkel, phoned in to the station’s morning show with a request to honor his son.

MINNEAPOLIS — As donations and flowers poured in in the wake of last week's attack at Annunciation Church, a memorial has continued to grow. Each bouquet serves as a heartbreaking reminder for Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski, who were killed in the attack.

Vice President JD Vance came to Minneapolis Wednesday and met with families that’ll never be the same after the Annunciation Church and School shooting.