Five months after being shot nine times inside her Fort Worth home, 72-year-old Venora Landers stood before a congregation at Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church, leaning on a podium and giving glory to God for her recovery.

"And if I was going to give a subject, my subject would be 'The victim survives.' Amen. Hallelujah. Glory to your name, God!" Landers said.

Landers was shot at her Shasta Trail home on May 16. Her account was first shared by her nephew, Reverend Roderick Smith, a week after the attack. At the time, her family was too fearful to reveal her name or image.

"Because people get shot one time and don't survive," Landers said. "And I got shot nine times."

The mother of four and grandmother of six decided to publicly share her story even as Fort Worth police conti

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