Washington said she did not realize immediately she was wounded, then saw blood on the car seat and felt pain in her abdomen.

Payton Washington, the Texas cheerleader who was shot and critically injured after a friend accidentally got into the wrong car in April, says she didn’t even see the shooter and tried to keep her friends calm,

A Texas cheerleader who was shot and critically injured after another girl mistakenly opened the wrong car door says she was scared during the shooting but tried to stay calm for her even more frightened friends.

Payton Washington's spleen shattered after she was shot three times on April 18 in an HEB parking lot after her teammate accidentally got in the wrong car.