Sophia Forchas photographed at Hennepin Healthcare before heading home after nearly two months of being hospitalized. Hennepin Healthcare

A 12-year-old girl who doctors said was on the brink of death after being shot in the head this summer while praying with classmates of Annunciation Catholic School was greeted by dozens of cheering residents Thursday as a white limousine led by a police motorcade carried her through Minneapolis.

After 57 days in the hospital that included rehabilitation and the left half of her skull being removed to treat the swelling in her brain, Sophia Forchas was escorted through the streets of the city, a video posted by Mayor Jacob Frey on social media Thursday showed.

The August 27 shooting she survived at the Church of Annunciation during the first w

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