Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel was one of two students killed when a gunman fired randomly into the…

Eight-year-old Fletcher Merkel was one of two students killed when a gunman fired randomly into the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis last August. @stevehartmancbs (who documented the bedrooms of young shooting victims in the Oscar-winning short documentary "All the Empty Rooms") talked with Fletcher's parents, Jesse and Mollie, about their son, and the sacred space he left behind.

By Steve Hartman

Published October 7, 2026

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