Video shows men running from scene after shooting of teen girl in Fort Lauderdale
MIAMI - A 17-year-old girl arrives back home on crutches from Broward Health Medical Center Wednesday night after her home was targeted by a group of armed men.
"My leg is hurting real bad," said the victim.
The young woman tells us she was sitting at home on the 2900 block of NW 23rd Street shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday when suddenly, a barrage of bullets struck her home while she, her two sisters, another 17-year-old girl and her one-year-old nephew were inside.
"At first we thought it was fireworks, but then they like — they kept going — so I jumped on the floor but when I looked, I saw my leg was like bleeding and it was leaking really, really bad and it was like a big hole so I kind of panicked and started crying because I was scared," said the victim.
The victim was grazed by a bullet in her leg. Her older sister recalling the moment she realized her little sister was hit.
"When I was in the room and I seen her, she said oh I got shot, I got shot. But, I looked at it and I told her that it didn't go straight through, so you didn't get shot — it wasn't no deep cut or nothing but there's a hole — a nice little sized hole," said a sister of the victim.
A Ring doorbell camera captured this video of a group of men running from the scene and into a blue car just moments after the shooting.
Neighbors telling us they've seen the car in the area since the night before.
Though police found a slew of shell casings on the scene — and multiple bullet holes in the house — no one else was hurt.
"You see we have shutters and that's the only thing that saved us, it couldn't go through the shutters I guess -- it like bounced off so it couldn't go through the shutters," said another sister of the victim.
The family says they've only lived at the home for a few months and believe this was a case of mistaken identity, but now, they're planning to move again.
And when we asked the victim about the group of men who shot her…
"I'm going to pray for the people that shot me. I'll be better soon,"
Police are asking anyone who has any information about anyone who could be involved to come forward. Remember, you can remain anonymous.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Fort Lauderdale Police at 954-828-5581 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477).
