Last December, when a Detroit woman, Selietha Parker, and her 7-year-old daughter, Alexis Goggins, got into a car with a friend, an unwelcome visitor forced his way into the backseat: Parker's ex-boyfriend, Calvin Tillie – carrying a loaded gun.
Needless to say, the relationship had not ended on good terms.
After the driver pulled over to call the police, Parker and Alexis were left alone with the dangerous man. Parker begged him not to hurt them, but he refused to listen.
"Me and Alexis was left in the car with him at gunpoint and he starting shooting," Parker told Good Morning, America.
Tillie was aiming at Parker – but her daughter couldn't stand the thought of her mother being hurt, and jumped into Parker's lap to protect her, shouting, "Don't hurt my mother!"
Alexis' body was pelted with six bullets that had been intended for her mother, with shots in the eye, chin, cheek, chest and jaw. When the police showed up, the little girl was lying in a pool of blood, barely breathing. At the hospital, doctors said that Alexis had been so badly injured that she may never walk or talk again.
But against the odds, five months after the accident, Alexis is on her way back to full health. She is able to walk and talk, and her doctors are now expecting her to make a full recovery. "Everybody's still kind of shocked," said Parker.
Alexis has no regrets about taking the bullets meant for her mother. "I saved my mom," she said.
Parker is thrilled that her daughter is doing so well, and is filled with gratitude for the selfless child's incredible act of bravery. "She's my angel and I love her to death."
Needless to say, the relationship had not ended on good terms.
After the driver pulled over to call the police, Parker and Alexis were left alone with the dangerous man. Parker begged him not to hurt them, but he refused to listen.
"Me and Alexis was left in the car with him at gunpoint and he starting shooting," Parker told Good Morning, America.
Tillie was aiming at Parker – but her daughter couldn't stand the thought of her mother being hurt, and jumped into Parker's lap to protect her, shouting, "Don't hurt my mother!"
Alexis' body was pelted with six bullets that had been intended for her mother, with shots in the eye, chin, cheek, chest and jaw. When the police showed up, the little girl was lying in a pool of blood, barely breathing. At the hospital, doctors said that Alexis had been so badly injured that she may never walk or talk again.
But against the odds, five months after the accident, Alexis is on her way back to full health. She is able to walk and talk, and her doctors are now expecting her to make a full recovery. "Everybody's still kind of shocked," said Parker.
Alexis has no regrets about taking the bullets meant for her mother. "I saved my mom," she said.
Parker is thrilled that her daughter is doing so well, and is filled with gratitude for the selfless child's incredible act of bravery. "She's my angel and I love her to death."
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