Instead of living her life like a normal teenager, going to school, and hanging out with friends, 17-year-old Davasha Robertson fights for her life in the ICU at Ochsner’s Lafayette General Hospital after being shot in the back of the head last week.
“I got out of my sleep and rushed to the hospital, and it was the most devastating phone call I have received in my life,” said David Robertson, Davasha’s father.
On November 5th, early Tuesday morning, David says his daughter was shot while riding in a car with her friends in Opelousas. He believes she wasn’t the target.
Since the shooting Opelousas police have identified a suspect, who has been taken into custody.
The shooting left Davasha’s father devastated.
“She is seventeen, she just turned seventeen, October 16th,” said David.
Her father says Davasha is full of life, always at the center of family, helping everyone to feel at home.
“She would watch your kids, she would cook for you, she would do your fingernails, your toes, like she was a good girl and a homebody. She didn’t deserve this. No child deserves a stray bullet,” said David.