Harper Moyski was not just a victim; she was a well-loved daughter, sister, student and friend.
A grieving Minneapolis community gathered Sunday to celebrate her life, which was lost alongside that of 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, in the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church on Aug. 27.
Families and students from Annunciation Church and School, alongside politicians and emergency response personnel, congregated at the Lake Harriet Bandshell Sunday to remember a “beautiful child of great creativity, great joy and great humor.”
Democrat Xp Lee won a special election Tuesday to fill the Minnesota House seat of Melissa Hortman, a top Democratic leader who was assassinated in June, restoring a 67-67 tie and preserving a power-sharing deal that has forced both parties to work together.
Lee is a former Brooklyn Park City Council member. He defeated Republican real estate agent Ruth Bittner in the heavily Democratic district 34B.
Over 65,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Wednesday, and over 165,000 have been wounded.
The ministry does not say how many were civilians or militants, but has said women and children make up around half the dead.
Eli Bieker can be reached at biek1966@stthomas.edu.
