LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The parents of a child who is paralyzed from a stray bullet returned to Las Vegas on Friday for an emotional meeting seven months after the shooting.

Porschia Ransey and Gregory Harris met a family who donated a wheelchair-accessible van for their daughter after seeing her story on 8 News Now.

Porschia Ransey and Gregory Harris met a family who donated a wheelchair-accessible van for their daughter after seeing her story on 8 News Now. (KLAS)

“I really feel like I’m dreaming right now,” Porschia Ransey told the 8 News Now Investigators.

Draya Ransey, 6, was severely injured when a bullet flew through the wall of her family’s Las Vegas apartment last November.

The family relocated to Utah for Draya’s care and did not have a vehicle.

Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Dena Rinetti prosecuted the shooter, noticed the family’s love and resiliency, and put out the call for help on 8 News Now.

Draya Ransey, 6, was severely injured when a bullet flew through the wall of her family’s Las Vegas apartment last November. (KLAS)

8 News Now viewers donated to a GoFundMe account and the local family, who wanted to remain anonymous but also recognized as a Hispanic family, reached out to the 8 News Now Investigators to donate the van.

Friday’s meeting at Las Vegas Metro police headquarters also included officers who responded to the shooting and detectives who investigated it.

Porschia Ransey and Gregory Harris met a family who donated a wheelchair-accessible van for their daughter after seeing her story on 8 News Now. (KLAS)

A judge sentenced the shooter, Arreion Willoughby to four to 11 years in prison in March. Willoughby, a felon prohibited from possessing firearms, claimed the shooting was an accident.

Gregory Harris and Porschia Ransey planned to drive the van to Utah on Friday afternoon.



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