A teenaged female basketball player was shot in her leg last night and her family believes the shooter mistook her for a boy.
The victim is a 14-year-old first form student at Ladyville Technical High School who, for her own safety, we will identify only by her first name Rochelle. The family tells 7NEWS that around 7 Rochelle had just left her house to return a DVD at a neighborhood rental store. Her mother tells 7NEWS that Rochelle was on her bicycle on Dickenson Street in the area of area of Wesley College when she was shot her in the leg. Rochelle was hospitalized last night but released from the hospital today with the bullet still lodged in her thigh. Her mother stresses that Rochelle did not see the shooter, but moreover she believes that it was an extreme case of mistaken identity where they mistook her for a boy. Police are investigating.
