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Community honors life of 10-year-old Harper Moyski, killed in shooting |
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By Associated Press, CNN |
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7:06 AM EDT, Mon September 15, 2025 |
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The mother of a 10-year-old girl killed during a at a Catholic church |
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in Minneapolis remembered her Sunday as a fierce, curious and funny |
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child who “didn’t water herself down.” |
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Friends, family and others gathered in an outdoor amphitheater by a |
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lake to celebrate Harper Moyski’s life. Speakers also called for |
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people to dedicate themselves to building a less violent American |
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society. |
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Harper and another student at Annunciation Catholic School, 8-year-old |
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Fletcher Merkel, were killed and 21 others were injured in the August |
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27 shooting. |
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Authorities said a 23-year-old former student, Robin Westman, was armed |
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with a rifle, pistol and shotgun and than a hundred rounds during a |
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Mass. Westman was found dead of what appeared to be a self-inflicted |
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gunshot. |
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Harper’s mother, Jackie Flavin, told the mourners that their support |
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had lifted the family when it felt as if it had been dropped at the |
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bottom of an ocean “where it’s pitch black and the pressure is |
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crushing.” She said Harper, who loved dogs and hoped to be a |
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veterinarian, taught them “how to be a light in the dark.” |
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“She had her own point of view, her own sense of style, her own way |
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of being. She didn’t wait for permission. She didn’t water herself |
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down,” Flavin said. “And she really taught us to show up exactly as |
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you are.” |
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Flavin also called Harper “extra in the very best way.” |
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“Harper didn’t do anything halfway,” she said. “Always choosing |
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the premium versions, always going for the extra scoop.” |
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The event in Minneapolis came only four days after of conservative |
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activist and leader as he spoke at Utah Valley University. During the |
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celebration of Harper’s life, speakers expressed frustration and |
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anger that gun violence – particularly shootings that kill |
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schoolchildren – hasn’t stopped. |
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Another extended family member, Rabbi Jason Rodich, urged people to |
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avoid the acrimony of social media and “the scorched earth of these |
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times.” |
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“Turn just a little to the warm soul beside you,” he said. “Do it |
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for Harper. Do it for you.” |
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