mourners gathered since sunrise today outside the Catholic school in Minneapolis where two students were killed.

We now know the name of one of those victims. Fletcher Merkel, the eight-year-old's father, Jesse Merkel, spoke outside the church this afternoon where his son was killed.

As our family and the enunciation community grieve and try to make sense of such a senseless act of violence.

Please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life.

Give your kids an extra hug and kiss today.

We love you, Fletcher.

You will always be with us.

Special correspondent Fred to Sam Lazaro has our report from Minneapolis on the aftermath of the school shooting.

Across the Twin Cities, a community mourns coming together in vigils today, and overnight to remember the young lives lost in the latest mass shooting to target school children in America.

Mourner signed two crosses for the eight-year-old and the ten-year-old killed at a back-to-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic School.

Parishners and former students were still reeling from the attack on the church, which has been part of the fabric of the neighborhood for more than a century.

I heard something like really loud.

Like I thought it was fireworks in the church.

And then I saw the shooting.

And then I was like, oh my gosh, I'm so scared.

15-year-old Evan Cook is a former student.

I was shocked when I heard about the situation.

Like, if you're not safe at church, then where are you safe?

It's about a half a block away.

Patrick Scallon ran to the church, which his family has attended for generations, when he heard the gunshots.

There were three in particular that walked almost right into me.

And one girl came out to me and said, I've been shot in the neck.

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