The cheerleader who was shot in the back after her friend mistakenly got into the wrong car is recovering in the ICU after her spleen was removed. Payton Washington, 18, was described by her father as 'tough' days after she was shot on Tuesday around midnight in an H-E-B market parking lot in Elgin following a practice at Woodlands Elite Cheer Co.The cheerleader and another teammate were shot at by 25-year-old Pedro Tello Rodriguez Jr, who allegedly opened fire at them. The gunman struck Payton in the back, prompting her to vomit blood, while her friend was grazed by a bullet.
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