💪🚀🌈 Cheerleadah From Texas Get Shot Tree Times, Still Stay Strong
Wat wen happen was, dis cheerleadah from Texas, Payton Washington, she wen get shot aftah one of her friends went accidentally jump inside one wrong car in April. 🚗🙈 She nevah even see da guy who wen shoot her, and she was tryin fo’ keep her friends calm, even while she stay bleeding. 💉💔
Dis 18-year-old gal, she get hit by tree bullets – two times in her right okole and one time in da back wea it wen affect her left abdomen. Dis wen happen on April 18 in one parking lot 🅿️ of one H-E-B in Elgin, wea she and her tree cheerleadah friends would meet up aftah practice. 🎀🎀🎀📅
Her friend, Heather Roth, accidentally wen jump inside one car she tought was hers. Den she notice one man inside da passenger seat and she jump out quick quick. 🚗👀🏃♀️ Dat guy, police say was Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr., 25, den he go ova to da car wea da girls stay and he start firing. 👮🔥🔥🔥
“I was just texting and eating Twizzlers,” Payton wen rememba during one interview on ‘Good Morning America’ when da shooting start. “I nevah even see him, fo’ real.” 📱🍬💥👀🚫
“I wen hear wat was going on but I nevah think it was going to be one big deal. She just keep saying like ‘I sorry, I sorry,’ das da last thing she really said,” she wen tell dem. 🗣️👂🙏
But aftah da first shot, she “wen turn around right away.” 💥⏰
“I nevah know wea it was coming from or anyting but it being so loud dat my ears was ringing, I know I gotta turn and do something,” she said. 🎶👂💭💡
Da girls, dey wen drive away fast fast from da scene in deir car, and Payton realize she was having hard time breathing. 🚗💨🏃♀️💨
“We was trying fo’ get away as fast as we could. All da other girls was screaming. I was just telling myself no breathe. It was hard fo’ breathe cause of my diaphragm,” she wen explain. 😤💨📣
Despite her injury, her focus was keeping her friends calm. 🤕👭🕊️
“I was trying fo’ stay as calm as possible fo’ da other people in da car. I could tell how sad and scared dey was. Da more calm you are, like your body will stay calm as well,” she said. “Of course it was scary but I wasn’t going to act like I was scared.” 😨🚗🌊🐢
Den she wen notice blood on her passenger seat, but she couldn’t tell wea her wounds was cause of her adrenaline rush. When dey pull ova, she start to throw up. 🚗💺🔴🤮
“I was throwing up blood and I was like oop das not normal. So das when I knew something, somewhere was wrong,” she said. 🤮💔❓
She wen get airlifted to da ICU in critical condition and she soon find out her spleen was all busted, she had two holes each in her stomach and diaphragm. She wen say in her treatment doctors had to remove one lobe from her pancreas and she had 32 staples all ova her body. 🚁🏥💊👩⚕️💉 Heather, her friend, was just grazed by one bullet and da two other girls in da car was not physically hurt. 👩⚕️🚫💥
Washington, one decorated champion cheerleader, was determined to get back her strength but no was easy.
“It was hard. Hurting to walk or stand is really weird when one week befo’ you was doing all kine flips, running da track, and doing long jump,” she wen tell ABC News. “No can get out of bed by yourself, no can roll off da couch, no can stand by yourself, going up da stairs I’d get winded. Just stuff you nevah thought of befo’,” she wen keep going. 🛌🏃♀️🔁💨
Her faddah, Kelan Washington wen tell NBC News his daughtah was strong and had an “undeniable will not to settle for anything.” 🏋️♀️💯
“Payton’s accomplished everything she has with only one lung [from] when she was born. She’s as tough as they come,” he wen say. 👶👩🎓💪
Five weeks lata, Washington has made big strides in her recovery and was able to wear one cap and gown and join her friends at high school graduation. 🎓🏫🎉
Now she stay optimistic fo’ her future, determined fo’ return to her passions of cheer and tumbling dis summer and set fo’ attend Baylor University in da fall. 🌞🏫🎀🤸♀️
Suspect Rodriguez Jr. was charged with deadly conduct, a third-degree felony, Elgin police said at da time. According to online jail records, he was released on May 12 on a $100,000 surety bond. 👮🔒💰
His attorney, Charlie Baird, said in a statement Friday dat Rodriguez was employed at da H.E.B. and was a victim of a robbery in a car in da past. He was startled when one of da young cheerleaders wen enter into his car and thought he was going to be robbed, Baird said. 🚗👩⚖️⚖️
His bail was reduced to $100,000 from $500,000 aftah a hearing “wea da judge heard evidence regarding da circumstances of dis incident, and learned of Pedro’s ties to da community and his lack of a criminal record,” Baird said. 🏛️👨⚖️💸
“Pedro wishes Ms. Washington a full and speedy recovery.” 👍💨💯
Washington said she no stay focused on da shooter. 👀🔫🚫
“He did wat he did and I’m just going to try and get through it. There’s no point in me really thinking about wat he did,” Washington said. 💭💥🚫
Instead, she wants her story to be one message of hope to oddahs. 🌈💬💕
“You can literally do anything, if you push and persevere,” she said. “No doubt yourself evah. Cause you can do anything as long as you’re putting your 120% into it.” 💪💥🎯🚀
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💪🚀🌈 Texas Cheerleader Shot Three Times, Still Standing Strong
This is the story of Payton Washington, a cheerleader from Texas who was shot after one of her friends accidentally entered the wrong car in April. 🚗🙈 Unaware of who shot her, Payton remained calm even while bleeding profusely. 💉💔
The 18-year-old was hit by three bullets – two in her right buttocks and one in her back affecting her left abdomen. This incident took place on April 18 in a parking lot 🅿️ of an H-E-B in Elgin, where she and her three cheerleader friends met after practice. 🎀🎀🎀📅
Her friend, Heather Roth, mistakenly entered a car she thought was hers. On noticing a man in the passenger seat, she quickly got out. 🚗👀🏃♀️ The man, identified by police as 25-year-old Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr., then approached the girls’ car and started shooting. 👮🔥🔥🔥
“I was just texting and eating Twizzlers,” Payton recalled during an interview on ‘Good Morning America’ when the shooting began. “I didn’t even see him, honestly.” 📱🍬💥👀🚫
“I heard what was happening, but I didn’t think it would escalate. The last thing she [Heather] said was ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” she told them. 🗣️👂🙏
After the first shot, she “turned around immediately.” 💥⏰
“I didn’t know where it was coming from, but with the noise being so loud that my ears were ringing, I knew I had to react,” she said. 🎶👂💭💡
The girls quickly drove away from the scene, and Payton realized she was having trouble breathing. 🚗💨🏃♀️💨
“We were trying to escape as quickly as possible. All the other girls were screaming. I was just telling myself not to breathe. It was hard to breathe because of my diaphragm,” she explained. 😤💨📣
Despite her injuries, she focused on calming her friends. 🤕👭🕊️
“I tried to remain as calm as possible for the others in the car. I could tell how upset and frightened they were. The calmer you are, the calmer your body will be,” she said. “It was certainly terrifying, but I wasn’t going to act like I was scared.” 😨🚗🌊🐢
She then noticed blood on her passenger seat, but couldn’t identify her injuries due to adrenaline. She began vomiting when they pulled over. 🚗💺🔴🤮
“I was vomiting blood and thought to myself, that’s not normal. That’s when I knew something was wrong,” she said. 🤮💔❓
She was airlifted to the ICU in critical condition, where she found out that her spleen was severely damaged, she had two holes in her stomach and diaphragm. During her treatment, doctors removed a lobe from her pancreas and she had 32 staples throughout her body. 🚁🏥💊👩⚕️💉 Heather, her friend, was only grazed by a bullet, and the other two girls in the car were unharmed. 👩⚕️🚫💥
Payton, a decorated champion cheerleader, was determined to regain her strength despite the difficulties.
“It was tough. It’s strange to struggle with walking or standing when just a week before you were doing flips, running track, and long jumping,” she told ABC News. “Unable to get out of bed alone, roll off the couch, stand by yourself, and getting winded going up stairs. Things you never thought of before,” she added. 🛌🏃♀️🔁💨
Her father, Kelan Washington, told NBC News that his daughter was strong and had an “undeniable will not to settle for less.” 🏋️♀️💯
“Payton’s accomplished everything she has with only one lung [from] when she was born. She’s as tough as they come,” he said. 👶👩🎓💪
Five weeks later, Washington has made significant progress in her recovery and was able to don a cap and gown and join her friends at high school graduation. 🎓🏫🎉
She remains optimistic about her future, eager to return to her passions of cheerleading and tumbling this summer and plans to attend Baylor University in the fall. 🌞🏫🎀🤸♀️
Suspect Rodriguez Jr. was charged with deadly conduct, a third-degree felony, according to Elgin police at the time. Online jail records show he was released on May 12 on a $100,000 surety bond. 👮🔒💰
His attorney, Charlie Baird, stated that Rodriguez was an employee at the H.E.B. and had been a victim of a car robbery in the past. He was startled when one of the young cheerleaders entered his car, thinking he was about to be robbed, Baird said. 🚗👩⚖️⚖️
His bail was reduced to $100,000 from $500,000 after a hearing “where the judge heard evidence regarding the circumstances of this incident, learned of Pedro’s ties to the community and his lack of a criminal record,” Baird said. 🏛️👨⚖️💸
“Pedro wishes Ms. Washington a full and speedy recovery.” 👍💨💯
Washington said she doesn’t dwell on the shooter. 👀🔫🚫
“He did what he did, and I’m just going to try and get through it. There’s no point in me constantly thinking about what he did,” Washington said. 💭💥🚫
Instead, she wants her story to serve as a message of hope to others. 🌈💬💕
“You can literally achieve anything if you persist and persevere,” she said. “Never doubt yourself. You can do anything as long as you’re giving it your all.” 💪💥🎯🚀
