A student who was shot on the campus of Indian River State College is suing the school and the Fort Pierce Police Department.The complaint was filed in court Thursday morning.An attorney representing the student, Roxette Ojeda, said his client is seeking $1 million in damages."When you wrong somebody and when you're responsible for something, you should own up to it, and so far, for a year and a half, nobody has owned up to it," Attorney Jordan Wagner said.Wagner said Ojeda was shot on Feb. 7, 2013, by a Fort Pierce police officer while attending classes at the college.Wagner said police were in the process of trying to apprehend a suspect who ended up in the college's parking lot. When the officer shot at the suspect, Ojeda was accidentally hit instead."When they removed the bullet from her, they tested it and compared it, and the person had a 9 mm bullet, and law enforcement had a .45 (caliber), and the bullet in Roxette was a .45," Attorney Barbara Kibbey Wagner said.The lawsuit filed in court Thursday alleges that three parties -- the college, college security and police -- were negligent and legally responsible for their client's injuries."Physically, she is still recovering and doing well, but the main thing is mentally and emotionally," Wagner said. "When you're a young girl, single mother, and you get shot, you don't know if you're going to live or die or what might happen to you."Indian River State College and the Fort Pierce Police Department said they're not allowed to comment on pending litigation.

A student who was shot on the campus of Indian River State College is suing the school and the Fort Pierce Police Department.

The complaint was filed in court Thursday morning.


An attorney representing the student, Roxette Ojeda, said his client is seeking $1 million in damages.

"When you wrong somebody and when you're responsible for something, you should own up to it, and so far, for a year and a half, nobody has owned up to it," Attorney Jordan Wagner said.

Wagner said Ojeda was shot on Feb. 7, 2013, by a Fort Pierce police officer while attending classes at the college.

Wagner said police were in the process of trying to apprehend a suspect who ended up in the college's parking lot. When the officer shot at the suspect, Ojeda was accidentally hit instead.

"When they removed the bullet from her, they tested it and compared it, and the person had a 9 mm bullet, and law enforcement had a .45 (caliber), and the bullet in Roxette was a .45," Attorney Barbara Kibbey Wagner said.

The lawsuit filed in court Thursday alleges that three parties -- the college, college security and police -- were negligent and legally responsible for their client's injuries.

"Physically, she is still recovering and doing well, but the main thing is mentally and emotionally," Wagner said. "When you're a young girl, single mother, and you get shot, you don't know if you're going to live or die or what might happen to you."

Indian River State College and the Fort Pierce Police Department said they're not allowed to comment on pending litigation.