5th grader protects friend during mass shooting

WTMJ’s Wis. Morning News defines an EVERYDAY HERO as “an average Jon/Jane Doe who, when they woke up one morning, had no idea they’d be saving a life.”

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In Minneapolis, a tragic story of a 23-year-old gunman opening fire on students of Annunciation Catholic School. The shooting left two children dead and 17 others injured.

“My friend Victor saved me. He laid on top of me. But he got hit in the back,” 10-year-old Weston Halsne told reporters afterward.