Last night, 7News told you about the 14 year-old girl who was shot just before news time.
Tonight, we can report that she has been treated and released from the hospital, and she is currently at home resting.
According to police, she was the victim of a stray bullet. Their initial investigation revealed that at around 5:38 p.m., 3 men on separate bicycles rode up at the corner of Park Street and La Croix Boulevard, where one of them pulled out a firearm.
That gunman fired 4 shots in the direction of Kingsley Morrison and Kimberly Michael, who were in the area.
All those bullets missed their targets, but one of them flew and penetrated the walls of the 14 year-old's home, which was located on Cumberbatch Street.
That bullet struck the girl in the right lower back, as she sat with her family at the dinner table.
Today, her aunt told us about what that terrible experience was like. She asked to appear off camera:
Voice of: Aunt
"Desiree was eating around the table and we heard the 4 gunshots and I hear she cried out and I saw her on the ground - she got shot."
Daniel Ortiz
"How many people were around ma'am?"
Voice of: Aunt
"Only me, she and her sister."
Daniel Ortiz
"Where was she shot?"
Voice of: Aunt
"In her back."
Daniel Ortiz
"How did you guys get her to the hospital?"
Voice of: Aunt
"We call the ambulance and the police. They came and took her to the hospital."
Daniel Ortiz
"How serious was the injury?"
Voice of: Aunt
"It was not serious. I haven't seen it and I don't want to see it either. I just figure more or less that there is a hole in her back."
Daniel Ortiz
"They release her from KHMH?"
Voice of: Aunt
"Yes she came out today."
Daniel Ortiz
"How close was everybody else when she got shot? Could it have hit somebody else if it had come in another direction?"
Voice of: Aunt
"It could have hit her sister because 2 of them were around the table."
Daniel Ortiz
"This area - is this a regular occurrence that gunshots are fired nearby?"
Voice of: Aunt
"I don't really know because I wasn't around much. Since my brother went to caye he asks me to take care of them."
Police have since detained 3 persons pending investigation.
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