GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A mother of four has been released from the hospital Monday two weeks after being shot multiple times.
The shooting happened on Sunday, June 19 in the 100 block of Griggs Street SE near Division St.
Multiple people were reportedly injured and it's unclear what all of their conditions are at this time.
Toni Merriweather, 26, who lived in Atlanta, but is originally from Grand Rapids, was visiting family on Father's Day weekend.
She was attending an afterparty on Griggs Street SE with a friend early Sunday morning, when she says they decided to leave once they realized the party it was a rowdy block party, not at a house with security.
The group was leaving in Merriweather's vehicle but were unable to drive away because cars were blocking the street.
Merriweather pulled into a driveway when not two minutes later, someone fired into her vehicle, striking it more than 30 times, she says.
She was shot in both legs, a bullet shattering her femur.
"I knew I was already hit and I just didn't want to die so it was the scariest moment of my life," she said.
She was taken to the hospital where she has been recovering for the last two weeks. She says she feels lucky to be alive.
"If I would have actually lost my life that night, God forbid, I don't know what would've happened," said Merriweather. "I have babies. I can't afford for...I didn't plan on leaving my kids this early."
Her message is for people to stop the careless shootings.
Her family has set up a GoFundMe page to help her pay medical expenses and to care for her four young children.
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