Shot in the head on the day after Christmas, a Macon woman progressed to enjoy a public tribute Friday night in her hometown.
“This progress, it has to be a miracle,” Brooklyn Rouse, 21, told media members at the the Gospel Extravaganza at Mercer University, according to the Macon Telegraph. Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Virgil Watkins presented Rouse with an award during the event.
“I know it’s a miracle. It makes me feel blessed, that’s all I can say. It makes me feel like a special person, like I’m supposed to be here.”
Rouse traveled from Atlanta, where she was being treated at Shepherd Center, which specializes in rehabilitation for people with spinal cord and brain injury problems, the newspaper reported.
Rouse was supposed to be off Dec. 26, but she volunteered to substitute for a co-worker at Papa John’s Pizza, the Telegraph reported. She was shot in the head at the front door of a house while delivering a pizza.
Jacob Elijah Miller, 19, is charged with attempted murder, armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the incident, officials said. Alisha Wilson, 27, is accused of placing a fake order to lure a driver to the address.
Eventually, Rouse said she wants to return to school at Georgia Military College, according to the Telegraph.
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