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A 10-year-old boy who was inside a Minneapolis church when a shooter opened fire through the church's windows , striking several children inside, described the horrifying experience, including how he said one of his friends saved his life.

Weston Halsne was sitting in a pew near the windows where a gunman pointed a rifle and began firing shots at children who had gathered for Mass at the Annunciation Catholic Church to celebrate their first week back in school.

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"I was like two seats away from the stained glass windows so ... the shots were like right next to me," the fifth grader told NBC News after being reunited with his family.

Weston described the moment gunfire rang out a

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