I was wrong about her having only superficial wounds. An article about her testimony at trial:
She awoke at Harborview Medical Center and learned she’d been shot on the right side of her chest. An artery in her shoulder was hit, which is why there was so much blood, and pellets collapsed her right lung, Williams testified.
She affirmed that she didn’t want to discuss what she’s gone through to recover from her injuries and was excused after only 18 minutes on the witness stand.
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Below is the video of her getting shot and the take down. The student that was killed was outside, as were one or two others that were wounded. I guess another learning point - if you’re shooting a bad guy with bird shot, he still might have plenty of energy to pull his gun and shoot back. The first thing the girl does after she turns around is pull out her phone! The way she was still acting in the video is why I didn’t think that she had been hurt that bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfGBiib9qBg
It is not just bird shot. It is everything. Deer are roughly human sized. It is common for them to be shot through the heart with a high powered rifle round, and still run 50-100 yards. I have seen it myself. When I dressed out one little buck, the heart was in tatters, just pieces of it. There is enough oxygen in the blood to allow active life for several seconds. Plenty of time to draw a gun and fire back. The are medal of honor stories of people taking several 7.62x39 rounds in the torso and actively fighting for several minutes.
That video is worth watching.
Looking at the video closely, it appears to me she was 10 feet from the shooter when he fires.
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