JASPER, Texas — A Jasper County prom party shooting victim is getting to live her life, nearly a year after the incident.
On April 23, 2023 gunshots rang out at a house in northern Jasper County where more than 200 students had gathered.
11 people were shot that night.
One of the survivors, Ahmayah Green tells 12News that she remembers being excited to celebrate with her friends. Now, she says she's just lucky to be alive.
"It's really like a blur really. I just remember one minute I'm standing there and next minute I know I'm shot, on the ground," Green said.
She vaguely remembers the terrifying moments when her entire world stood still.
"The blood was coming out very fast to where I passed out in the car on the way to the hospital," she said.
Now, nearly a year later Green is still having to learn to walk again.
"I've only been walking for a few months and I'm not able to do everything that I used to do before the incident," said Green.
Green was one of the 11 people shot that night.
"Right now the only thing I really can do is walk. I've been in the process of learning how to run again. I'm so afraid to do anything because I don't want nothing to move out the way or mess up in my leg," said Green.
The night of the party Green went to Jasper Memorial Hospital before being taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. She stayed there for two weeks and endured two surgeries.
"I really don't know how to feel because at the same time it's still processing through my mind because I'm just now getting back on my feet and getting my leg back to almost normal," she told 12News.
Green has been able to move on from the tragedy and is now a student at Tyler Junior College pursing a degree in nursing.
"I have no hate in my heart at all. I honestly wish them the absolute best in life. People make mistakes and sometimes we have to just leave it with God and let him work it out," said Green.
Four men, who were teenagers at the time, were arrested in connection with the shooting. All four were charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and engaging in organized criminal activity.
12News is working to find the status of their cases in court.