Weston Halsne, 10, was sitting feet away from the stained glass windows at Annunciation Catholic Church when a shooter opened fire Wednesday morning.

Two children died and 17 others were injured in the mass shooting at the south Minneapolis church attached to Annunciation Catholic School, which enrolls children in pre-K through eighth grade. The Catholic Mass marked the beginning of the school year.

"It was like, shots fired and then we kind of like got under pews. They shot through the stained glass windows I think, and it was really scary," Halsne said.

The fifth grader was sitting two seats away from the windows, he told WCCO. He said he felt what he thought was gunpowder on his neck.

"My friend Victor like, saved me though. 'Cause he laid on top of me. But he got hit," Halsne s

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