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5-year-old Milwaukee girl shot by uncle breathing on her own

Ke’yari Redding remains hospitalized

5-year-old Milwaukee girl shot by uncle breathing on her own

Ke’yari Redding remains hospitalized

INJURIES PEOPLE THAT DON’T NEED TO BE HURT IS GETTING HURT ACCORDING TO A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHIARI READING WAS WHEN A BULLET WENT FLYING FROM THE STREET THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM STRIKING HER IN THE CHEST THE MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING THE SHOT HER OWN UNCLE JOHN JACKSON. IT’S AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS CASE. INVOLVING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VICTIMS AND INDISCRIMINATE GUNFIRE PLACING A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLKS AT RISK THE 29 YEAR OLD NOW FACES FIRST DEGREE RECKLESS INJURY AND FIRST DEGREE, GIVEN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES I THINK A HIGH AMOUNT OF CASH BAIL IS APPROPRIATE. I’M GONNA SET FAMILY AMOUNT OF 150,000. DOLLARS CASH THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES JACKSON TOLD INVESTIGATORS. HE WAS QUOTE FED UP WITH THE GIRL’S FATHER. SO HE SHOT UP THE FAMILY’S HOME. THE COMPLAINT SAID HE BLINDLY FIRED AT LEAST 12 SHOTS AT THE HOUSE ONE OF THEM STRIKING HIS OWN NIECE. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT HIS NIECES NOW AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE. IT SAYS SHE COULD BE PERMANENTLY PARALYZED FROM THE BULLET AND IT HARD TO SEE LIKE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GET IN HURT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. NEIGHBORS DIDN’T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED BUT WERE DISHEARTENED TO HEAR THE NEWS IN MILWAUKEE COURTNEY SISK WISN 12 NEWS. AND JACKSON IS D
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5-year-old Milwaukee girl shot by uncle breathing on her own

Ke’yari Redding remains hospitalized

A 5-year-old Milwaukee girl who police say was shot by her uncle on July 24 is improving. Police said Ke'yari Redding was asleep on the couch when a bullet came through the house and struck her in the chest and spine.Her mother told WISN 12 News on Tuesday night that Ke'yari is off the ventilator and is breathing on her own. She is in a wheelchair, and it's uncertain if she will be able to walk again. A GoFundMe page was set up to help Ke’yari on the long and expensive road to recovery.John Jackson, the 29-year-old Milwaukee man accused of shooting his 5-year-old niece, is in jail on a $150,000 bond. He appeared in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.

A 5-year-old Milwaukee girl who police say was shot by her uncle on July 24 is improving.

Police said Ke'yari Redding was asleep on the couch when a bullet came through the house and struck her in the chest and spine.

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Her mother told WISN 12 News on Tuesday night that Ke'yari is off the ventilator and is breathing on her own.

She is in a wheelchair, and it's uncertain if she will be able to walk again.

A GoFundMe page was set up to help Ke’yari on the long and expensive road to recovery.

John Jackson, the 29-year-old Milwaukee man accused of shooting his 5-year-old niece, is in jail on a $150,000 bond.

He appeared in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.