loading . . . Middle schoolers are lauded for protecting younger kids during church shooting Harper Moyski, age 10, and Fletcher Merkel, age 8, were killed, and 18 children between the ages 6 and 15 were injured by a shooter. Middle schoolers acted heroically to protect others, a parent said. https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5521340/kids-children-heroism-church-shooting-minneapolis