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Many times the news clips we peruse for the Gun Report reassure the reader that a shooting victim’s injuries are “non-life-threatening.” But living with debilitating injuries can be a pretty awful fate for victims of gun violence.

Carmesha Rogers, 27, a married mother of two young children, was an innocent bystander when she was shot during a street fight-turned gun battle in Muskegon, Mich., on July 9. A bullet lodged just behind her ear as she ushered young children off her front porch when the fight began. After two weeks in the hospital, she finally opened her eyes.

“Her will is too strong to die,” Leeandra Trainor, Carmesha’s mother, told Fox 17. Nevertheless, doctors put a bolt in her head to relieve swelling, performed a tracheotomy and removed part of her skull. She can’t speak, but family members believe she can hear them.

Rogers’s kids, ages 3 and 4, haven’t been told where their mother is. Her husband said she was on vacation. “You don’t want them to know what’s really going on right now,” Jeremy Rogers said with tears in his eyes. “They’re too young for that.”

A long, laborious recovery is predicted. Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

A 2-year-old boy was shot and injured as his father was loading him into a car in Harvey, La., Thursday afternoon. The man made eye contact with the suspect, who then opened fire, striking the toddler in the face. Police are investigating.

—EDSU

Four people were injured in a possible drive-by shooting in Inkster, Mich., Thursday night. Police said the victims aren’t cooperating with the investigation. A man in a black Dodge Charger is being sought.

—The Detroit News

Three men were found shot near an intersection just outside of Salinas, Calif., Thursday afternoon. 42-year-old Jose Alfredo Espinoza was pronounced dead at the scene, and 24-year-old Jerry Garcia and 35-year-old Jorge Lopez Rodriguez were hospitalized with serious gunshot wounds. Police are soliciting tips.

—CBS SF Bay Area

A shooting on a Kansas City, Mo., bus left three people injured Thursday afternoon. One of the victims was shot in the hand and the other two victims were injured by flying glass. Police said the incident began as a fight between the shooting victim and four other people. Two adults and two minors were arrested.

—KSHB.com

A pregnant woman was shot to death in Pratt, Kan., Wednesday night, and the man who tried to shield her from bullets was seriously wounded. The shooting stemmed from a fight after a man began yelling racial slurs at the victims. “The only thing I can think of is sitting there and watching the woman just die,” said the brother of Brandon Wright, the wounded man, who will likely be paralyzed from the waist down. 21-year-old Bryant Seba was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

—KWCH.com

Jazzmine Wash, 23, was shot and killed in Long Beach, Calif., as she dropped off her three-year-old son at the home of a relative early Thursday. Wash had stepped out of the apartment to get a diaper bag when residents in the area heard four or five shots fired. Police have not yet determined a motive, or whether the victim knew her killer.

—CBS Los Angeles

Police say a man shot a woman in the back during a domestic dispute in Albertville, Ala., Thursday night. They are investigating.

—WHNT.com

A drive-by shooting injured a teenager at a park in Orlando, Fla., Thursday afternoon. Police said the teen was shot twice in the leg as he and other children played in Willows Park. A witness reported hearing 30 shots. Police have not released any more details about the shooting.

—Click Orlando

17-year-old Lamont Frazie was found shot to death on a Columbus, Ohio, sidewalk early Thursday. Frazie is thought to have been involved in a robbery and fatal shooting at a convenience store the night before. Police are investigating.

—10TV.com

A 20-year-old woman was shot in the chest while running from a shooting in Caroline County, Va., Wednesday night. The victim was critically injured when three men exchanged gunfire at a party. 21-year-old Jujuan Morris, 22-year-old Jessee Rashaud Morris and 20-year-old Kwumane Goodall are at large and considered armed and dangerous.

—Fredericksburg.com

20-year-old Marvin Johnson was shot and killed after an argument led to an exchange of gunfire in northeast Columbus Thursday evening. Detectives are unsure what the fight was about.

—10TV.com

Two men were shot and wounded, one critically, on a freeway in Bellflower, Calif., Thursday night. Dominic Fonseca and Leronze Hensley were driving westbound on the 91 Freeway at about 8:40 p.m. when multiple rounds were fired into the driver’s side by a passing car. Their car then crashed into a wall along the side of the freeway. The suspects fled.

—NBC 4

A woman showed up at a Grand Rapids, Mich., hospital with a bullet lodged in her lower leg Thursday evening. No suspects have been taken into custody.

—Fox 17

A 33-year-old man was hospitalized after sustaining gunshot wounds to the neck and arm outside Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Northeast area of Wilmington, Del., Thursday morning. The shooting is the second crime in as many days to occur in a Wilmington church parking lot—a priest was carjacked at gunpoint at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in the Hilltop neighborhood on Wednesday. Both churches are located in areas plagued by gun violence.

—Delaware Online

Markeise Neal, 25, suffered a gunshot wound to his hip and leg at a bar in Burlington, N.C., Thursday night. Police have put out a description of the suspect. There was another shooting at the same bar in June.

—Times-News

Todd Callies, 41, died after being shot at Taylor’s Sports Bar in Evansville, Wyo., early Thursday. While rumors regarding the alleged homicide swirled in the small town and its surrounding communities, including Casper, details remained elusive. A suspect is in custody.

—Billings Gazette

Che Cadfi Matoorah, 29, who was shot and killed in the early-morning hours of July 4, died of his wounds Wednesday. Jeremy Rossco Bishop, 23, now faces a murder charge. Detectives said the shooting was sparked by an argument, but that the victim and suspect didn’t know each other.

—CharlotteObserver.com

A man shot multiple times in Palmetto, Calif., earlier this month died of his injuries Thursday. Matthew Arguez, 20, was shot in front of a home on July 8 and had been in critical condition ever since. Police are investigating.

—Herald-Tribune

Lorenzo Craig, 25, was shot and killed outside of Poppy’s Bar and Grill in Huntington, W. Va., early Thursday. “I took his pulse,” a witness said. “There wasn’t a pulse. Then police arrived. It’s something you’ll never forget. You’ll never forget it as long as you live.” Police are searching for the suspect.

—WCHS8

A man was found shot to death in Interlachen, Fla., early Thursday. Eric “Big E” Santiago, 26, was found dead at about 5:30 a.m. Deputies later arrested 38-year-old Porfirio Correa Torres. No motive was given.

—Jacksonville.com

A man was shot in the leg in an alley in Allentown, Pa., late Thursday. No arrests were made. It was the third shooting in the city this week; two men were shot in separate incidents Tuesday.

—The Morning Call

Lemmie Alford, 25, is dead following a late-night shooting in northeast Wichita, Kan., Thursday. Police said the victim and two other men had just left a home when an SUV pulled up and someone inside started shooting. Police said the victim and his friends are documented gang members.

—KAKE.com

20-year-old Donte D. Hines was found shot to death in a Virginia Beach, Va., roadway early Thursday. Police are investigating.

—WAVY.com

33-year-old Aaron Norfolk was shot twice and wounded in his Springfield, Mo., backyard while holding his two young daughters Thursday afternoon. The shooting followed an ongoing dispute. Two men ran from the scene and were apprehended after a short standoff at a nearby apartment building. Investigators believe the shooting is connected to shots fired in the same neighborhood overnight.

—KY3

One person was killed and two others were injured in three separate shootings in Milwaukee, Wis., overnight. A 21-year-old man was shot and killed during a home invasion, a 26-year-old man was shot while attempting to break up a large fight in the street, and a 48-year-old woman sustained a gunshot wound from a man who forced his way into her home.

—Fox6Now.com

A woman was found shot to death in Lawton, Okla., late Wednesday, and her ex-husband has been arrested in the slaying. Traci Young, 39, was found lying in the hallway of a home with two gunshot wounds to the chest. Young and Bryan Pierce, 48, had been divorced since May.

—NewsOK

A 33-year-old man was shot twice and critically wounded following an argument in the Mission district of San Francisco, Calif., Wednesday evening. The suspects are believed to be men in their 20s or 30s. No arrests have been made.

—SF Examiner

A man was shot and killed in Baldwin Park, Calif., Thursday night. It was the second fatal shooting in the city in seven days—last Friday, 20-year-old Maurio Sotelo was discovered shot dead in front of a bus stop.

—SGVTribune.com

A shooting left a man dead in his West Dallas, Tex., home late Wednesday. Nathan Dotson, 62, was found shot and beaten shortly before 10 p.m. Witnesses saw several men run from his home after the shooting, and investigators found his home ransacked. No word on suspects.

—The Dallas Morning News

A 22-year-old woman was shot in the leg in Painesville, Ohio, late Wednesday. Police said a warrant is out for a suspect in the case, 26-year-old Timothy Kaseda.

—Cleveland.com

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 6,549 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.