HOTLINE AT 9, 8, 8, WELL, IT'S BEEN 3 DAYS SINCE THE MASS SHOOTING AT THE BROOKLANDS PLAZA SPLASH PAD IN ROCHESTER HILLS. TONIGHT, A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WORKS ACROSS THE STREET IS RECALLING THE HAUNTING MOMENTS OF THE TRAGEDY. SHE SPOKE WITH 7 NEWS DETROIT REPORTER ROUTE ALSO ABOUT THE DAY SHE WILL NEVER FORGET. >> 2 DAYS AGO CHILDREN WERE PLAYING HERE ENJOYING THE WARM SUMMER DAY. >> NOW, INSTEAD A FENCE AROUND THE SPLASH PAD AND A GROWING MEMORIAL OF FLOWERS. >> BUT FOR 16 YEAR-OLD KYLIE FITZGERALD, THIS IS IT HARD TO BELIEVE AT ALL? >> IT WAS A LOUD NOISE. SOUNDED LIKE A LIKE FIREWORKS. AT FIRST KYLIE FITZGERALD WAS WORKING HER USUAL SHIFT HERE AT BRAIN FREEZE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN SHE HEARD STRANGE POPPING. SOUNDS IT CLICK RIGHT AWAY. UNTIL I HEARD THIS. I HEARD A PAUSE AND THEN IT STARTED GOING AGAIN. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHEN I REALIZE. >> THOSE ARE FIREWORKS. >> THE OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 42 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL NASH DROVE TO THIS SPLASH PAD SATURDAY AROUND 05:00PM AND OPENED FIRE 3 DOZEN TIMES. MEANWHILE, KYLIE AND HER CO-WORKERS WERE HIDING INSIDE A BACK ROOM SEEKING SHELTER UNTIL SHE FINALLY TOOK A LOOK OUTSIDE. ALL I SAW. >> WERE PEOPLE I SAW 2 PEOPLE LYING ON THE GROUND OVER HERE ON THE PAVEMENT. >> 2 OF THE VICTIMS SHOT AGES 4, 8, KYLIE, A CHILD HERSELF SAYS HER HEART GOES OUT TO THEM THE MOST. I JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T REALLY RUN THE CHILDHOOD. >> AND LIKE, I DON'T WANT THEM LIKE BE PLAYING, HAVE TO LOOK, LOOK OVER THE SHOULDER ARE SCARED LOUD NOISES, THINGS LIKE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, KYLIE SAYS SHE IS NOT SURPRISED SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED IN HER HOMETOWN. >> I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THIS OVER AT OXFORD, WHICH IS ONLY AT TOO FAR FROM MINUTES AND I MEAN 1000 ARES, SHOT GOES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL THE TIME. BUT I MEAN, I HEAR ABOUT THIS A LOT NOW. SHE SAYS WHAT SHE REMEMBERS MOST ARE THE ACTS OF BRAVERY THAT NIGHT. >> IT'S INSPIRED HER TO BE BRAVE AS WELL. KIND OF A HOPE WITHIN THE MOMENT. AND I FEEL LIKE BEING A FIRST RESPONDERS, POSSIBLY SOMETHING LOOK INTO. MEANWHILE, THE SPLASH PAD THAT SHE HAS SEEN SHIFT AFTER SHIFT LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT TO HER NOW. WILL IT EVER BE THE SAME LOOKING AT THAT SPOT PAT? AGAIN, THINK IT WILL TAKE TIME. I THINK IT'S BEEN IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. I HAVE REALLY DIRECTLY. >> TRUMP IN TRYING THINK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'VE REALLY FULLY PROCESSED. IT WAS LIKE ALL A BLUR. BUT I THINK DEFINITELY TAKE TIME. >> IN ROCHESTER, HILLS AND LITTLE SNIDE, U.S. 7 NEWS, DETROIT. >> THE MOTHER OF 3 WHO WAS SHOT TWICE WHILE HOLDING HER DAUGHTER AT THE SPLASH PAD IS MAKING PROGRESS TONIGHT. A VERIFIED GOFUNDME PAGE SAYS DANIEL UNDERWENT SURGERY AND IS BEGINNING HER RECOVERY AT HOME. BUT THE FAMILY IS STRUGGLING AND PUTTING THEIR HOME-BASED DAYCARE BUSINESS ON HOLD.
