Teen who survived wrong car shooting speaks out

Six weeks after being shot in a parking lot when a friend mistook a stranger's car for her own, Payton Washington is speaking out in an exclusive interview with "Good Morning America."
1:48 | 06/01/23

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>> David: NOW TO THE ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE THAT HORRIFIED THE EXCLUSIVE THAT HORRIFIED THE NATION, OPEN AND FIRING ON FOUR NATION, OPEN AND FIRING ON FOUR CHEERLEADERS AFTER ONE CHEERLEADERS AFTER ONE EXCELLENTLY GOT INTO HIS CAR AT EXCELLENTLY GOT INTO HIS CAR AT THE PARKING LOT. THE PARKING LOT. ONE OF THE CHEERLEADERS SHOT ONE OF THE CHEERLEADERS SHOT THREE TIMES, NOW SPEAKING GMA THREE TIMES, NOW SPEAKING GMA ANCHOR MICHAEL STRAHAN. ANCHOR MICHAEL STRAHAN. >> Reporter: IT WAS A SHOOTING >> Reporter: IT WAS A SHOOTING IN A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT IN A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT NEAR AUSTIN, TEXAS. NEAR AUSTIN, TEXAS. A CHEERLEADER NEARLY GETTING A CHEERLEADER NEARLY GETTING INTO THE WRONG CAR. INTO THE WRONG CAR. POLICE SAY PEDRO RODRIGUEZ GOT POLICE SAY PEDRO RODRIGUEZ GOT OUT OF THE CAR WITH A GUN OUT OF THE CAR WITH A GUN OPENING FIRE ON THE CHEERLEADER OPENING FIRE ON THE CHEERLEADER AND THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AND THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AFTER SHE HAD RETURNED TO TEAM AFTER SHE HAD RETURNED TO THE CAR THEY WERE TRAVELING AND THE CAR THEY WERE TRAVELING AND AFTER PRACTICE. AFTER PRACTICE. ONE CHEERLEADER GRAZED BY A ONE CHEERLEADER GRAZED BY A BULLET IN ANOTHER SHOT THREE BULLET IN ANOTHER SHOT THREE TIMES, BUT SURVIVING. TIMES, BUT SURVIVING. SIX WEEKS LATER, THE SURVIVOR SIX WEEKS LATER, THE SURVIVOR PEYTON WASHINGTON SPEAKING IN AN PEYTON WASHINGTON SPEAKING IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GMA EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GMA ANCHOR MICHAEL STRAHAN. ANCHOR MICHAEL STRAHAN. >> TELL ME WHAT YOU REMEMBER. >> TELL ME WHAT YOU REMEMBER. >> I WAS ACTUALLY TEXTING AND >> I WAS ACTUALLY TEXTING AND EATING. EATING. >> BEING A TEENAGER. >> BEING A TEENAGER. >> EXACTLY. >> EXACTLY. >> PEYTON RELIVING THE MOMENT, >> PEYTON RELIVING THE MOMENT, GUN FIRE ERUPTING AS SHE SAT IN GUN FIRE ERUPTING AS SHE SAT IN THE CAR WITH FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE CAR WITH FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD. THE CHEERLEADING SQUAD. >> FIRST SHOT, I DIDN'T KNOW >> FIRST SHOT, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WAS COMING FROM, BUT IT WHERE WAS COMING FROM, BUT IT BEING SO LOUD MY EARS ARE BEING SO LOUD MY EARS ARE RINGING LIKE I KNEW TO TURN INTO RINGING LIKE I KNEW TO TURN INTO AND DO SOMETHING. AND DO SOMETHING. >> REPORTER: PEYTON SUFFERED >> REPORTER: PEYTON SUFFERED LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES BUT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES BUT NOW OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND NOW OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND TONIGHT, SHE IS OFFICIALLY A TONIGHT, SHE IS OFFICIALLY A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. DAVID, PEDRO RODRIGUEZ IS DAVID, PEDRO RODRIGUEZ IS ACTUALLY CHARGED AND ARRESTED ACTUALLY CHARGED AND ARRESTED WITH DEADLY CONDUCT AND HIS WITH DEADLY CONDUCT AND HIS LAWYER TELLING US TONIGHT THAT LAWYER TELLING US TONIGHT THAT HE RECENTLY POSTED A $100,000 HE RECENTLY POSTED A $100,000 BAIL AND NOW AT HOME WITH HIS BAIL AND NOW AT HOME WITH HIS FAMILY. FAMILY. DAVID. DAVID. >> David: THANK YOU. >> David: THANK YOU. OF COURSE, THE FULL INTERVIEW OF COURSE, THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH PEYTON WASHINGTON TOMORROW WITH PEYTON WASHINGTON TOMORROW MORNING ON MORNING ON "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" AND WHAT "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" AND WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY TO THE MAN WHO SHE HAS TO SAY TO THE MAN WHO OPENED FIRE.

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