The family of twelve-year-old Sophia Forchas is asking for prayers from the community as their daughter continues to recover in the hospital following last Wednesday's mass shooting at Annunciation Church.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minneapolis) shared a statement on social media from the Forchas family on Tuesday, which says Sophia had to have "one side of her skull removed" to reduce swelling and the coming days will be critical for her recovery and future quality of life.

Sophia’s mother, Amy Forchas, is a pediatric critical care nurse at Hennepin County Medical Center, and arrived at work to help in the wake of the shooting before knowing it was her children’s school that was attacked, and that her daughter was critically injured.

A GoFundMe page for the Forchas family says Sophia’s younger

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