Shooting victims identified as 8-year-old boy who loved sports and a 'joyful' 10-year-old girl

Fletcher Merkel’s father asked that his son be remembered “for the person he was and not the act that ended his life.” Harper Moyski’s parents said her “light will always shine through us.”

Fletcher Merkel.Courtesy Merkel family

Minneapolis is mourning the loss of two children killed in a devastating shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday morning, an attack that also left 18 others injured and has reignited urgent calls for action on gun violence. Authorities and grieving family members identified the victims Thursday as 8-ye…