HARVEY, Ill. - An 11-year-old girl is recovering after she was hit in the head by a stray bullet while riding in a car last week in Chicago's south suburbs.

What we know:

Willow James was riding home with her father and younger cousin around 3 p.m. on May 28 when a bullet grazed the top of her head, according to Harvey police. The shooting happened in an alley near 158th Street and Paulina Avenue.

Willow’s mother, Chevlyn Nicholson, said her daughter is now in physical therapy. She described the next few weeks as crucial to Willow’s healing.

"Turn yourself in. My baby did not deserve this," Nicholson said. "She was looking forward to her summer. She was looking forward to today actually. Today is her best friend’s birthday, who passed last year."

Willow’s father and cousin were not

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