Tuesday May 1 | Richmond Times-Dispatch
An 11-year-old Emporia girl is clinging to life after police said she was shot in the head by a felon who was aiming for his former girlfriend, just hours after getting out of jail and being served with a fresh protective order.
Bystander, age 11, shot in head and fighting for life
EMPORIA, Va. Police said anA inmate was released, and despite a protective order, obtained a gun and hunted down the woman a judge forbid him to see-and in the middle of the gunfire, an 11-year-old is shot.
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