A Raleigh mass shooting victim and retired special education teacher who was hospitalized for nearly 100 days is finally home from the hospital.
Lynn Gardner, 60, is the last surviving victim to be released from the hospital following the Oct. 13 mass shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina, that left five people dead.
Gardner’s long and arduous road to recovery took a significant step forward on Jan. 18.
“Lynn is a walking miracle,” her friend Mary Kurth said.
Gardner was visiting a friend the day the gunman, Austin Thompson, 15, came into the Hedingham neighborhood in Raleigh and opened fire.
WTVD-TV reports Thompson first shot his brother, James Thompson, 16, inside their home then went outside and shot two women, Nicole Connors, 52, and Gardner in the street. He then shot an off-duty police officer, Gabriel Torres, 29, on his way to work. Thompson continued his rampage by shooting two more women: Mary Marshall, 34 and Susan Karnatz, 49.
Gardner was…
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