Channel 11 spoke exclusively with the father of a 13-year-old girl who was shot in Duquesne . Ronald Brookins gave Channel 11 an update on his daughter’s condition at an anti-gun violence event on Sunday.
He said his daughter is now awake but still unable to speak about what happened.
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“[I’ve] just been telling her I love her,” Brookins said. “Everybody’s been telling her that.”
Brookins said those simple words have been helping his teenage daughter get stronger every day. She’s even walking with some help.
“She’s doing real good,” he said. “She opened her eyes. She’s reaching for things.”
Brookins’ daughter is still in the hospital but has now been moved to a rehab unit nearly two weeks after she was shot inside her father’s home in Duquesne.
Brookins said he was at work at the time of the shooting. His daughter and her siblings were home alone playing together moments beforehand.
Police have not said how the gun went off or who may have shot it.