Long road to recovery for woman shot while helping at Fayetteville crash scene
Season Horne was shot in the face Tuesday when she pulled over to help a woman involved in a car crash in Cumberland County.
Horne was shot around 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday when she stopped at the crash scene at Matt Hair Road near Cogdell Road. to see if the victim was okay. Witnesses said the crash victim got into Horne's car and at some point shot her in the cheek.
Horne works as a phlebotomist at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, where she was rushed following the crash and shooting.
WRAL News on Friday spoke to family members and friends of Horne, who is married and has a 12-year-old son.
Allie Gipson, a family friend, said it's no surprise Horne tried to help when she saw a car crash in front of her.
"That would always be Season's nature," Gipson said. "It wouldn't matter who you where, what kind of person you were. The woman who did this ... she didn't have to do that."
Horne was transferred to UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill, where she awaits multiple surgeries. Family members said she is on the road to recovery but has a long journey ahead.
Horne's loved ones are grateful the bullet didn't hit her brain.
Visha Franklin, 41, of Fayetteville, was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and four counts of discharging a weapon into occupied property.
She is being held in the Cumberland County Detention Center under a $500,000 bond.
A witness said Franklin "stripped down butt naked" at the crash scene and told a firefighter, "Look me in the eyes, I’m god."
Another witness described a similar scenario.
"She was saying all kinds of stuff like Lord Jesus give her a gun give her a knife she’s got a lot to do. Then she was hollering and screaming," the witness said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office at 910-677-5495 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477).
A GoFundMe page was created to help Horne and her family.
