Weston shared his harrowing experience with KARE 11.

MINNEAPOLIS — As if 10-year-old Weston Halsne hasn’t gone through enough – now he will have surgery to remove a bullet fragment from his neck.  

Halsne was one of many students attending a start-of-school Mass on Wednesday morning when a shooter killed two children and injured 21 people. He told KARE 11’s Lou Raguse that he was sitting just a few seats away from the window, where the shooter was located. 

“The first one, I was like, ‘What is that?’ I thought it was just something, then I heard it again, I just ran under the pew and covered my head,” Halsne said. “My friend Victor like saved me though. He laid on top of me, but he got hit.”

In a GoFundMe post, the child’s aunt said that doctors found a bullet fragment in Halne’s neck, dangerously close to his carotid artery. The family asked for GoFundMe donations to cover medical bills, trauma counseling and other expenses. 

“In spite of everything, this 10-year-old boy was able to express appreciation for his friends and pray for their recovery,” the GoFundMe post read. “He’s been a light in the darkness.”