A 12-year-old girl wounded when gunfire erupted inside the Riverchase Galleria Thanksgiving night has been released from the hospital.

“I am so thankful for all the messages, prayers and gifts we have received,’’ said her mother, Julie Moore Bennett, in a Monday message to AL.com. “Molly is home now and doing much better.”

The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. Nov. 22 on the second floor of the mall. Hoover police said an argument between several young men led to gunfire. An 18-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was wounded, as well as Molly. Emantic Fitzgerald “EJ” Bradford, 21, was shot and killed by Hoover police. Authorities said Bradford was involved in the initial altercation but did not fire the shots that wounded the two others.

Multiple investigations are ongoing.

Bennett, whose daughter Molly was an innocent bystander when the shots rang out, posted about the ordeal on Facebook over the weekend. She said Molly and sister Jessie were shopping with Molly’s grandmother.

“They were upstairs, outside of J.C. Penney when a fight broke out. Shots were fired, and one of the bullets hit Molly in the back,’’ Bennett wrote on Facebook over the weekend. “She said that her back hurt, but didn’t even realize she had been shot until she overheard my mom telling me on the phone.”

A military medic took care of Molly until Hoover Fire medics arrived. “A nurse came to help and assured my mom that the medic was doing everything exactly right,’’ Bennett wrote. “The shoe store employees allowed the medic to use a shirt off the rack to hold pressure on the wound, and they brought a jacket to cover Molly when she got cold.”

Once at Children’s of Alabama, a CT scan showed that Molly had a fractured rib, but her spine was not touched by the bullet. The bullet will stay where it is and shouldn’t cause her any more trouble, her mother said.

On Monday, Bennett asked that those who want to do something for Molly instead consider doing something for other children who remain hospitalized. “There are many other children in the hospital that would greatly benefit from your generosity,’’ she said. “If you were thinking of sending Molly a gift, please consider donating a gift to Children’s of Alabama, St. Jude’s, or your local children’s hospital in her honor instead.”

Anyone who would like to send Molly and/or Jessie a card, can do so at P.O. Box 205 Columbiana, AL 35051.