MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The 10-year-old boy who spoke to reporters after the Annunciation mass shooting will need to undergo surgery to have a bullet fragment removed from his neck.

Weston Halsne said he was saved by his friend Victor, who was shot in the back while protecting him from gunfire.

Now, the fifth-grader has learned he will need to undergo surgery to remove a bullet fragment discovered near his neck’s carotid artery.

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What they're saying:

"It was very scary," Weston said on Wednesday. "We really didn’t know what to do. We just got into the pews and [the shooter] shot through the stained-glass windows."

Weston was well-spoken when interacting with reporters in the immediate aftermath of the attack.

The GoFundMe for Weston recalls hi

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