Celebrity, Milford Native Recovering After Gunshot Injury

MILFORD, CT — Christy Carlson Romano, an actress, director and Milford native, is recovering after being shot in the face. The injury occurred while she was shooting clay pigeons with her husband.

Carlson Romano, 40, shared a video on Instagram in which she shows the injury to her eye.

"I got shot in the face and lived to tell the tale," she said in the video, which was posted Saturday. She said it was "not fun" but that she is safe.

She wrote that she took her husband to shoot clay pigeons as a birthday present recently.

"There was another party with us and they unsafely fired in the wrong direction and shot me in the face," she wrote.

Her husband, Brendan Rooney, "immediately sprung into action, assessed me, and rushed me to the hospital."

Carlson Romano was hit in five places, one of those less than an inch from her eye.

One fragment got lodged behind her eye and is too risky to remove surgically at this time. Carlson Romano said she can see normally at the moment. Doctors are continuing to monitor her.

"With everything that happened, all I can think about is how grateful I am to be alive," she wrote. "I love my daughters, husband, family, and friends so much. I saw my life flash before my eyes and I’m telling you, hug the people around you every chance you can. Life can change in an instant."

Carlson Romano thanked first responders in the video calling them "the most amazing people" and "superheroes."

Rooney commented on the post, calling his wife "the bravest, toughest, most stoic and badass woman I have ever met."

The post had more than 88,000 likes as of Monday morning.

Carlson Romano is known for her work on Disney Channel shows "Even Stevens" and "Kim Possible."

In 2016, she made her directorial debut with the film "Christmas All Over Again," which includes shots of the Milford Green.

Late last month, Carlson Romano announced the launch of her new dress line from Ivy City. The "dreamy little black dresses" are inspired by her favorite romantic movie, "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

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