{"id":95289,"date":"2026-08-22T00:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T00:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/another-childs-room-now-a-silent-memorial-to-the-toll-of-school-shootings\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T00:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T00:09:21","slug":"another-childs-room-now-a-silent-memorial-to-the-toll-of-school-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/another-childs-room-now-a-silent-memorial-to-the-toll-of-school-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Another child&#8217;s room now a silent memorial to the toll of school shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>In south Minneapolis, a second-floor bedroom remains much as it was. A boy&#8217;s life \u2014 frozen in time.<\/p>\n<p>The room belonged to 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel. For his parents, Jesse and Mollie, it&#8217;s a silent memorial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher was one of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/south-minneapolis-incident-august-27-2025\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">two students killed<\/a><\/span> by a gunman who opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School on Aug. 27, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not with us the way we want him to be, but this is the best we have,&#8221; Jesse said. &#8220;It&#8217;s one of the most personal monuments to who he was as a person.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the room&#8217;s not his, I feel like that memory \u2014 like I won&#8217;t feel it the same way,&#8221; said Mollie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/b763b18a-8b51-47b9-b769-efa045fa2d4f\/thumbnail\/620x414\/7a3bb398005973b7f460cba185aa4f06\/fletcher-003.jpg#\" alt=\"Fletcher's room \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/b763b18a-8b51-47b9-b769-efa045fa2d4f\/thumbnail\/620x414\/7a3bb398005973b7f460cba185aa4f06\/fletcher-003.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/b763b18a-8b51-47b9-b769-efa045fa2d4f\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/cf59212feaf148d0758b475c0280a331\/fletcher-003.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Fletcher Merkel&#8217;s parents keep his room much as it was.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Lou Bopp<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over the years, I have been in many of these bedrooms. Still photographer Lou Bopp and I <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/steve-hartman-documenting-bedrooms-of-kids-killed-school-shootings\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">visited eight of them<\/a><\/span> for the Netflix short documentary, &#8220;All the Empty Rooms.&#8221; The film <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/all-the-empty-rooms-oscar-documentary-children-school-shootings\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">won an Academy Award<\/a><\/span> last March.<\/p>\n<p>But that night was not a culmination. We will continue documenting these bedrooms for any parents who are interested \u2014 for as long as America&#8217;s school shooting epidemic persists. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These rooms are sacred spaces. Parents can keep the pictures for themselves if they want, or share them with the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-left embed--size-small\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/802cc0b1-07e1-403a-b20b-3f257cd1d055\/thumbnail\/620x353\/95d53f8f4dfe93aa38088a8b759a0785\/fletcher.jpg#\" alt=\"fletcher.jpg \" height=\"353\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/802cc0b1-07e1-403a-b20b-3f257cd1d055\/thumbnail\/620x353\/95d53f8f4dfe93aa38088a8b759a0785\/fletcher.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/802cc0b1-07e1-403a-b20b-3f257cd1d055\/thumbnail\/1240x706\/3577b266afa4f3d4d3d1b98fe95fe326\/fletcher.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Fletcher Merkel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Family Photo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I want people to maybe have a tiny glimpse of, &#8216;What if that was me?'&#8221; said Jesse. For Mollie, &#8220;It&#8217;s really important to me that people know who he was. Like in the beginning it was bugs and animals.&#8221; &#8220;Constant energy,&#8221; Jesse added.<\/p>\n<p>Photos capture the whirlwind just inside that bedroom door. Shoes Fletcher got just three weeks before he died \u2014 already worn through. A blanket where he found comfort, its corner loved to threads.<\/p>\n<p>His room reveals what he liked most: Legos. Buffaloes. The Green Bay Packers. Plants that make up &#8220;Fletcher&#8217;s Garden.&#8221; His Cub Scout uniform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/73f25603-c81b-412b-9a27-96f9422b6c9a\/thumbnail\/620x325\/3219862dbca320dec9c5c88040194d6c\/fletcher-favorite-things.jpg#\" alt=\"fletcher-favorite-things.jpg \" height=\"325\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/73f25603-c81b-412b-9a27-96f9422b6c9a\/thumbnail\/620x325\/3219862dbca320dec9c5c88040194d6c\/fletcher-favorite-things.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/73f25603-c81b-412b-9a27-96f9422b6c9a\/thumbnail\/1240x650\/2e8dfc01fd760ba4b0edbcde3855793b\/fletcher-favorite-things.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Some of Fletcher&#8217;s favorite things: Legos, buffaloes, and the Green Bay Packers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Lou Bopp<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fletcher also kept a journal. One page details his plan to steal cookies from the jar downstairs, complete with a boast at the bottom that reads: &#8220;This plan was successful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/111a3aab-3afb-4e80-ac87-89e6d7bfcb74\/thumbnail\/620x384\/9d58460cd7785bfb3ab2c2665cc2c99b\/fletcher-diary.jpg#\" alt=\"fletcher-diary.jpg \" height=\"384\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/111a3aab-3afb-4e80-ac87-89e6d7bfcb74\/thumbnail\/620x384\/9d58460cd7785bfb3ab2c2665cc2c99b\/fletcher-diary.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/21\/111a3aab-3afb-4e80-ac87-89e6d7bfcb74\/thumbnail\/1240x768\/b347e7b732aa159e44bc40cce12b1460\/fletcher-diary.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Fletcher&#8217;s journal, describing his plot to sneak cookies from the cookie jar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Lou Bopp<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s how Fletcher lives on to his mom and dad, through the fun memories and the poignant reminders.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if they think it would change anything if all of America could stand in this room, his parents said yes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They have to feel it,&#8221; Mollie said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a human,&#8221; Jesse said, &#8220;you have to say this can&#8217;t happen to anybody else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cbsnews.com\/rooms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Click here to explore the interactive feature.<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fletchers-room-silent-memorial-school-shootings\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In south Minneapolis, a second-floor bedroom remains much as it was. 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