Scheduled Tribes. Paul, MN – that started as an ordinary family turned into a bad dream, which no mother should ever bear. Lex Rogers, at the age of just 22, is speaking after a target shooting outside Born’s bar on Rice Street at St. Paul, where she was shot five times-while her 2-year-old daughter was sitting near her in a car. His story is one of the essential arguments for existence, heartbreak and justice.
At that horrific night, the lakes were not partying or drinking alcohol. She was not even out of her vehicle. It was going to be a normal evening – Chak E. In cheese and McDonald’s, a nutritious family with her daughter was filled with laughter, love and simplicity of being together. After finishing in the evening, Lex was going towards Born’s bar to take his mother, a simple task that took a sad turn.
“I was calm. I quit smoking two years ago. I quit drinking alcohol two months ago. I never took out one leg from my vehicle once,” Lex shared in a deep emotional message. “I saw that the car was pulling next to me. I was begging. I was requesting them.
Shots kill lakes in many places – his stomach, shoulder, back, side and thigh. Despite the seriousness of the attack, she was alert for the whole time, her wish to be stronger than ever. But as the bleeding continued to flow and his body started closing, the doctors participated in emergency surgery, which made him try to save his life.
The existence of lakes is a will for its strength and will. At the age of only 22, she now faces a reality that any young mother should never experience. She is learning how to walk again, relying on a feeding tube to eat, and living with a colostomy bag. His body tolerates a cruel attack mark, but his soul remains flexible and unbroken.
Nevertheless, despite everything, the person responsible for this insensitive work of violence is independent. Lex is not asking for sympathy. She is seeking justice. She is pleading with her community to help the shooters to get justice.
“I was not worth it,” lax says, his voice is breaking with emotion. “I am 22 years old, a mother, and I cannot even go home and be the same mother I was just picking up my mother. My daughter was with me, sitting on the same side I was shot.
For lakes, trauma is beyond physical pain. It is about the latter of the attack – with unanswered questions, the trauma of seeing his child should never experience something like something, and a huge feeling of injustice. “I don’t understand why this happened. It was a purposeful shooting. They did not know me. I did not know them. But I know it: I did not deserve it. My daughter was not worth it. I am only 22 years old, and I have already been forced to fight for my life.”
The story of Lex is not just about the mother fighting for justice – this is a voice for all the victims who are a voice for the victims of insensitive violence, who are silent, physical, emotional and spiritually suffering. She represents not only herself but also countless others who tolerate the same trauma, the same sorrow and the same unanswered questions.
The trauma of lakes is not just physical – it is psychological, emotional and family. As she fights to cure her body, she is also fighting the emotional toll of being a mother that can no longer protect her child the way she did once. His daughter, who was to be witness to shooting, is growing up with memories of one night, which should never be with any child. Lex is struggling with painful reality that his child’s future will take shape from an incident that looted both of them in his peace.
“I am a mother. My daughter needs me. I deserve to lift her without any fear, without pain, and justice,” Lakes said. “Please, if you know anything, then say anything. Call someone. Report it.”
The community is shaken by this insensitive act, but the pain is not only felt by Lex and his family. This is realized by all those who know her, by friends and neighbors who saw her as a vibrant young woman with a bright future, now faces the reality of a sensitive work of violence that stole a lot from her. But despite immense pain, the lakes is calling for action. She is asking the community to come together, helping people find responsible people, and to ensure that justice is served.
The voice of lakes is powerful. His fight is not only for herself, but for every mother, every child and every person who suffers due to insensitive violence. He is a survivor, and his strength in front of such heavy trauma should be a reminder to all of us who is right about the importance of standing for him, when we look at injustice, about speaking, and we cannot always see the battles that we are fighting about supporting them.
As the shooting of shooting is going on, the officials are urging anyone to come forward for information. The community should not fight this fight alone. She should not scream for justice, and yet she is what she is doing – because it is not only about seeking answers for herself, but for countless others who are hurt by gun violence.
“I was not worth it,” Lex says again, his words are heavy with the weight of the trauma he does. “My daughter was not worth it. And I know if the roles were reversed, if it was someone else, you also want justice.”
For Lex, the fight is not over. She continues to heal every day, to raise her daughter, and once she continues to become a mother. But that night’s pain, unanswered questions, and all this continues to bother his injustice. “Please, speak. It’s not just about me. It’s about my daughter. It’s about justice for all those who are suffering from violence. Please, help me find answers.”
The story of Lex is a powerful reminder that will not bring silence changes. Only through speaking, only through community action, justice can be done. If you or someone you know about shooting outside Born’s bar on Rice Street at St. Paul on 14 June, please come forward. Help helps Lex to find the answers that he deserves, and allow his fight to complete with action.
Give justice Causes to change the pain of lakes. And listened to her fight for her daughter and herself out loud and clearly.