Family "devastated" after loved one paralyzed in shooting

Monday, December 26, 2016
A woman shot in the back while working at a store on Christmas Eve is paralyzed from the chest down, according to a family representative.

Paxton Webb, 23, was working at Katz Boutique near Humble Saturday night when three masked robbers burst inside. Houston police said one of them shot in the back.
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"Unfortunately she is paralyzed from the chest down. And her physicians believe that condition is permanent," said Buffy Martinez, a family spokeswoman.

Her family rushed to Webb's side at the Texas Medical Center where she is being tr area in a trauma center.

"They are devastated. Paxton is a young woman. She and her husband were looking forward to starting a family," Martinez said.
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Her husband, Brian, is a marine who just returned home.

"They are very much relying on each other," Martinez said. "They are just taking it one day at a time."



The family's also concerned that the gunmen haven't been caught. Anyone with information is asked to call Houston police.
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