Mark Hamill: All Hail VICTOR!!!

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33. He was hit in the neck with a bullet fragment:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bullet-fragment-found-neck-10-year-old-weston-halsne-rcna228280

Bullet fragment found in neck of boy who went viral for saying his friend shielded him from school shooting

Weston Halsne's father said the fragment stopped short of the 10-year-old's carotid artery, which a doctor described as a "miracle."

Aug. 31, 2025, 12:39 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 31, 2025, 7:09 PM EDT
By Sumiko Moots and Mirna Alsharif

MINNEAPOLIS — Doctors discovered a bullet fragment in the neck of a 10-year-old boy who went viral for recounting how his friend jumped on top of him to shield him during a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church that killed two children and injured others.

Weston Halsne, a fifth-grade student at Annunciation Catholic School, was attending Mass on Wednesday when the shooting occurred. He recounted running under a pew and covering his head while shots came through the stained-glass windows, and said his friend Victor was shot while shielding him.

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But doctors later discovered it was not just gunpowder that hit the 10-year-old’s neck, but a bullet fragment as well.

Weston’s father, Grant Halsne, told NBC News that the fragment came close to — but didn’t hit — the boy’s carotid artery, which a doctor described as a “miracle.”

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