Brittany Allen, who was critically injured, was upgraded to serious condition on Sunday. The shooting happened Friday night at a home in the 1500 block of Fox Run Drive in the Pleasant Grove area of Southeast Dallas.
Police say whoever fired the nearly fatal shots still remains a mystery.
It happened just before midnight. Suddenly, they were jolted awake by the sound of gunshots as bullets crashed through the wall. In the living room, 12-year old Brittany Allen had been watching television and had fallen asleep. One of the slugs hit her in the leg and slashed an artery. Brittany, who is a straight-A student and cheerleader at Runyon Elementary School, was rushed to Children s Medical Center.