Alabama mom hit by truck, then shot in Bourbon Street attack: 'It's just so disturbing' [The real news here is the part of the article that says, "The Amazon warehouse where she works originally denied her request for a leave of absence."]

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-05 04:49:13 | Updated at 2025-01-07 01:20:45 1 day ago

Alabama mom hit by truck, then shot in Bourbon Street attack: 'It's just so disturbing' [The real news here is the part of the article that says, "The Amazon warehouse where she works originally denied her request for a leave of absence."]
nola.com ^ | January 2, 2025 | LARA NICHOLSON

Posted on 01/04/2025 8:46:24 PM PST by grundle

A night of revelry was coming to a close for Alexis Scott-Windham and her friends in the early hours of New Year's Day after they came from Mobile, Alabama, to ring in the new year on Bourbon Street.

The group had reached their final stop of the evening, a pizza restaurant, to quickly use the restroom after finding out the restaurant was done selling food for the night.

Then, standing outside the pizza parlor on the sidewalk, Scott-Windham heard the whizzing sound of a speeding car and several loud booms. She looked to her left and saw the white pickup truck barreling toward her with its headlights turned off, already running other people over.

She began to step away but didn't have enough time to escape — the truck ran over the back of her right foot, and she fell to the ground. Gunshots began to ring out, and she tried to get up to run away.

Once she stood, she saw the blood leaking from her injured foot. She had also been shot.

She'll need to return to an orthopedist in two weeks to check on her foot. The Amazon warehouse where she works originally denied her request for a leave of absence, but the company said in a statement Friday that they've since spoken with her and given her time off with pay.

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The real news here is the part of the article that says, "The Amazon warehouse where she works originally denied her request for a leave of absence."

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