Crime & Safety
Mykia Carpenter Hears Own Voice Again After Stray Bullet Pierces Throat: ‘I'm Not Letting It Stop Me'
Doctors didn't know if the 18-year-old would ever speak again.
September 30, 2021
A teenager heard her own voice for the first time this week after a stray bullet hit her in the neck.
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Someone shot Mykia Carpenter as she was leaving work in Uptown Minneapolis last month. Doctors didn’t know if the 18-year-old would ever speak again.
“I’m taking things slow, trying to slowly process everything still,” Mykia said.
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