In Minnesota, a shooter opened fire at a Catholic school in south Minneapolis Wednesday, killing two children and injuring 17 people. The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, after firing through the windows at students who were sitting in pews in the church. This is Weston Halsne, a fifth grader who described watching a friend get shot in the back. He spoke to the local TV station Fox 9.

Weston Halsne: “Shot in the back, he’s in the hospital right now. It was super scary because, like, we’ve never practiced it in the church. We’ve only practiced it in the main school. So we really didn’t know what to do. … My friend, he was, like, laying on top of me, like, making sure I was safe, and he got hit. So that was really brave of him.”

Reporter: “And you have a nick on your neck?”

Weston Halsne: “Yeah, that was — I don’t even know what it’s from. Kind of looks like debris or something.”

Police say the attacker legally purchased weapons used in Wednesday’s mass shooting, including a rifle, a pistol and a shotgun. Prior to the attack, the gunman showed off the weapons in a video uploaded to YouTube. The video has since been taken down. After headlines, we’ll speak with Kris Brown, president of Brady, one of the oldest gun violence prevention organizations in the U.S.