KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A family needs help with medical bills and other expenses after their 11-year-old daughter was hit by stray bullets from a car-to-car gun battle.
Lauren Reddick was in her bedroom when the gunfire began at 9:38 p.m. on Nov. 1 in the 7900 block of Hickman Mills Drive in south Kansas City.
One bullet hit her spine and the other bullet broke her ribs, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help the family.
The wounds were non life-threatening, according to a KCMO police department report.
But Lauren faces a long recovery and her mom wants to move the family to a safer neighborhood.
No arrests have been made in the shooting.
You can find information on the GoFundMe page HERE.
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