ATHENS, Ga. — A 5-year-old girl may need a prosthetic eye after a stray bullet hit her in the eye.
On Wednesday, Athens-Clarke police responded around 5 p.m. to a shooting at a shopping center on North Avenue. Police said a man started shooting and the bullets hit a 14-year-old girl in the arm and a 5-year-old in the face.
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Brittaine Wright says her daughter Ne’vaeh Brown is the 5-year-old who got caught in the crossfire. She said one of the bullets hit her daughter in the eye.
Channel 2′s Tom Regan talked to Ne’vaeh’s mother, Brittanie Wright said she had just dropped her daughter off for dance practice. When she parked the car, she heard the gunshots and ran to the door.
“I was beating on the door, trying to get them to open, but everyone was in the back,” Wright said. “As soon as she opened the door, she said Ne’vaeh had been hit in the eye.”
Doctors now say her eye is too damaged to be saved.
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Wright said her daughter’s shooting was completely senseless.
“You’re out there arguing over something that could have been resolved,” Wright said.
A GoFundMe has been set up to help the Wright family with Ne’vaeh’s medical bills. So far, it has raised nearly $13,000.
“Keep my baby in your prayers please as I say once again anything will help thank you all during this tragic time.”
Police arrested and charged 38-year-old Rasheed Scott of Atlanta for the shooting. It’s unclear what led up to Scott allegedly firing at the shopping center.
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