The Brief
- Minneapolis police homicide investigators gifted a golden retriever puppy to the Merkel family.
- Fletcher Merkel, 8, was fatally shot and killed during the Annunciation Church and School mass shooting.
- A company that trains therapy dogs agreed to train the puppy at no cost.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The family of Fletcher Merkel, the 8-year-old boy who was fatally shot during the Annunciation Church and School mass shooting, was gifted a golden retriever puppy by the Minneapolis Police Department.
Puppy gifted to Merkel family
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The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) said its homicide investigators, along with the Police Officers Federation, raised the funds needed to purchase a golden retriever puppy named Xander.
MPD officials add that a company specializing in training therapy dogs will train Xander at no cost. …