Sophia Forchas, a 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a mass shooting while praying at the Annunciation Catholic Church in downtown Minneapolis on Aug. 27, could become the third Annunciation School student to die from the attack,

Galicich said Sophia has been in the intensive care unit for 10 days after suffering a gunshot to the left side of her head. He said the bullet remains lodged in her brain. There is no benefit of taking it out,” he said of the bullet, adding that it would be harmful to remove it as this point.

TWIN CITIES, MN — Doctors treating 12-year-old Sophia Forchas say she remains in critical condition after last week’s Annunciation Catholic Church shooting, warning she could become the third fatality from the attack. But for the first time since the tragedy, they also spoke of "rays of hope" in her recovery.

The neurosurgeon for Sophia Forchas, a victim of the Annunciation Church shooting, shared an optimistic but cautious update on her condition.

A neurosurgeon says there are “rays of hope” for a 12-year-old girl critically injured in a Minneapolis church shooting

The father of a 12-year-old who is still hospitalized after being shot at Annunciation Church last week spoke publicly for the first time on Friday. Sophia Forchas is still hospitalized at Hennepin Healthcare’s pediatric ICU in critical condition.