Confronting The Girl Who Shot Me In The Face

Imagine someone telling you, ..."If she hadn't been working, she wouldn't have got shot.."

In 1992, 17-year-old Shawna was working as a grocery store cashier when she found herself in the middle of a robbery. She says Jerrie, 14, held her at gunpoint and shot her in the face. For the first time since that day, Shawna confronts her attacker. 

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