Middle school student makes triumphant return as cheerleader six months after being shot seven times
13-year old Ella Whistler and her teacher Jason Seaman were shot at on 25 May by a 13-year-old boy who later admitted to the shooting
Six months after she was shot seven times at her central middle school in Indiana, 13-year-old Ella Whistler made a triumphant return to perform with Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders as their honorary coin toss captain on Sunday.
Whistler and her teacher Jason Seaman were shot at on 25 May by a 13-year-old boy who later admitted to the shooting in Noblesville West Middle School. Reports state that Whistler was shot in the face, neck and chest, and suffered collapsed lungs and several broken bones.
In a verdict to the case earlier this month, a judge ruled that the boy be held at a state juvenile detention center until he is 18 or rehabilitated.