Peace might feel far away in the midst of the rush and bustle of our daily lives. Saying no to violence and living happily in peace is what the world truly needs. However, this family had to experience what no parents had to witness.
After being shot in the head during an alleged road rage incident, a 9-year-old Houston girl is in a medically induced coma. The family of Ashanti Grant is left heartbroken as their daughter stays at the ICU battling for her life. Despite the fact that specialists figured out how to eliminate one bullet from her skull, her condition is thought of as “severe” described by her grandma, Elaine Williams.
The stunning episode unfurled on Tuesday night a brief time after 9 p.m. when the young girl was headed to a supermarket with her dad, mother, and 11-year-old sibling. While heading to the store, a GMC Denali pickup truck purportedly cut them off commonly on the northward paths of the Southwest Freeway in southwest Houston.
Houston police stated, “The suspect driver stopped behind the family’s car, and someone inside the Denali fired rounds toward the vehicle, injuring the victim.” Williams stated that their granddaughter was the one in particular who got harmed as a result of the incident. Right now, the Houston Police Department just has an unclear portrayal of the driver, who has been depicted as a Hispanic man with short hair close by a potential Hispanic lady seated in the front seat.
Authorities requested anybody with knowledge about the event to contact them. They have likewise offered a $30,000 award for data that would prompt the capture of the offender’s arrests. Concerning the family, they have set up a GoFundMe page to assist with covering the medical costs of Ashanti who turned into a victim through no fault of her own.
“The previous evening my niece 9-year-old Ashanti Grant was shot in the head in a silly irrational anger occurrence while heading for the supermarket with her loved ones. She was hurried from the scene to Texas Children’s medical clinic in severe condition,” reads the page. “For her, the road to rehabilitation will be lengthy. Funds will be sent straightforwardly to her family to cover any clinical/recuperation expenses that she may incur inorder to return to her life.” The page has raised quite recently more than $12,000 and has far to get to its $100,000 target.
9-year-old Ashanti Grant is in critical condition at @TexasChildrens after being shot during a road rage shooting last night. Her family is asking for justice and for healing prayers. Full story at 10 on @abc13houston pic.twitter.com/BHPygjkK5V
— Briana Conner (@BrianaReports) February 10, 2022
Despite the tragic fact, Ashanti’s grandma stays confident that her valuable granddaughter would get by. “I feel outraged and sad that this tragedy occured. Be that as it may, I’m confident and I have confidence,” she revealed. The 9-year-old was, sadly, one of three youngsters who were shot in the Houston region inside the last week.
Praying this precious little girl be completely healed. May God give strength and comfort to the family.
Let’s learn to live in peace and harmony.
