Three years after being shot and paralyzed, a teen has been named middle school class valedictorian.
Tayloni Mazyck was near her Brooklyn apartment building in May 2013 when she was struck by a stray bullet in a gang-related shooting.
She was shot in the neck and paralyzed from the waist down. She was 11 years old at the time.
Mazyck is now set to graduate eighth grade at New Design Middle School in Harlem with top honors.
Last June, 19-year-old Kane Cooper was sentenced to 17 years for the shooting.