Ashley Moser, Mother Of Veronica Moser, 6-Year-Old Batman Shooting Victim, Too Fragile To Be Told Of Daughter's Death

Ashley Moser, the 25-year-old victim of Friday morning's movie theatre massacre in Aurora, Colo., remains in critical condition at the Aurora Medical Center with bullets lodged in her throat and abdomen. In her lucid moments she asks for Veronica, her 6-year-old daughter, unaware that the little girl has passed away, making her the youngest victim of the gunman's shooting rampage at Aurora's Century 16 movie theatre.

"Nobody can tell her about it," Annie Dalton, Ashley Moser's niece, told the Associated Press. "She is in critical condition, but all she's asking about is her daughter."

The Denver Post describes Veronica as a "vibrant" child who was bragging a few days ago about learning to swim.

Doctors told the Post Ashley fades in and out of consciousness and will likely suffer some paralysis, but that they are hopeful she will regain some use of her hands. According to the report, Ashley was recently accepted to medical school.

Ashley's situation is not unlike that of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). When Giffords stabilized after being shot in the January 2011 Tucson, Ariz., massacre, her husband, Mark Kelly, had to tell her about the incident, and those who died, following the massacre. In an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, Giffords touched on the moment she found out about the other injuries and fatalities,

"I cried," she told Sawyer in her halted speech, adding she felt "sad."

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/21/veronica-moser-ashley-moser-aurora-colorado-theater-shooting_n_1692150.html

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