Alexis Goggins

Alexis Goggins jumped in front of the bullets to save her mother, Selietha Parker's, life after being kidnapped by Calvin Tillie on December 2, 2007.

1. Age: 7
2. Resides: Detroit, Michigan
3. Shot in eye, left temple, chin, cheek, chest and right arm
4. Released from the hospital February 8, 2008

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• FoxNews.com: Girl Shot 6 Times While Shielding Mother From Gunfire Recovering (February 20, 2008)
  • Goggins was in the hospital for two months and required six different surgeries. She will be staying at home, but will still return to the hospital twice a week for physical therapy.
• Detroit Free Press: Detroit girl, shot while protecting mom, is released from hospital (February 8, 2008)
  • "Bullets struck Alexis' right eye, chin and jaw. She is now blind in the one eye and needed several surgeries before her release. Her mother, who was shot twice, was released from the hospital in December."
• DetNews.com: "Help delayed in girl's shooting" (January 30, 2008)
  • "The recordings, obtained by The Detroit News through the Freedom of Information Act, show a 4-minute gap between the first call for help and when a police officer was dispatched. A city spokesman denied there was any real delay, but a review of transcripts shows that if an officer had been sent right away, he might have arrived minutes before -- instead of after -- the shooting. "
• CNN.com: Girl Who Shielded Mom Is a Hero to Special Ed Class (December 18, 2007)
  • Alexis is learning-disabled and lags behind other youngsters her age. As a result, police say it may never be known whether Alexis meant to shield her mother from the bullets with her body. But Parker said that if her daughter hadn't put herself in between, "I really don't know. We might have been dead."
• FOXNews.com: Girl, 7, Remains in Critical Condition After Shielding Mother... (December 17, 2007)
• FOXNews: Girl, 7, Shot 6 Times While Protecting Mother (December 05, 2007)
• USA Today: "Heroic Little Girl Shot Multiple Times While Shielding Her Mother " (December 5, 2007)
• Houston Chronicle: "Detroit First-grader Takes Six Bullets to Save Mom" (December 5, 2007)
• Detroit Free Press: "Girl put life on line for mother" (December 5, 2007)
• The Detroit News: Girl, 7, shot 6 times saving mom (December 5, 2007)
• Detroit Free Press: "Man Shoots Woman, Daughter" (December 4, 2007)

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