5th grader says friend saved him in school shooting
5th grader Weston Halsne says a friend laid on top of him and took a bullet as shoots rang out Wednesday at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
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5th grader describes Catholic school shooting
Weston Halsne is a 5th grader who was inside the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis when a gunman opened fire Wednesday morning, killing two people and injuring 17 others. He talked with CBS News Minnesota about the moment shots rang out and the friend who jumped on top of him.
Minneapolis doctor provides update on injured
Dr. Thomas Wyatt, the chair of emergency medicine and critical care at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, provided updates on the injured school shooting victims from Annunciation Catholic School.
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Suspected gunman in CA school shooting dead
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CA school shooter's motive remains unclear
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At least 10 people killed in Austria school shooting in city of Graz, police say
Officials in Austria say a school shooting has left at least 10 people dead in the European nation's second-largest city, Graz. The shooter is also dead.
Details on school shooting in Austria
Multiple people were killed and several were injured during a school shooting in Graz, Austria, on Tuesday morning. The suspected gunman, who was confirmed dead at the scene, was a former student of the institution who did not finish his studies, Austria's interior minister said. Nick Thorpe with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more updates.
Deadly Austria school shooting
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