Oregon teen's chilling 7-word text to mom after spending night with friends to celebrate her sixteenth birthday

A teen who went retired to observe her 16th day with friends sent her parent a chilling substance conscionable hours later: 'I got shot. Mama. Plz. Help me.'  

Naomi Briggs is present warring for her beingness successful an Oregon infirmary aft becoming the unfortunate of a tragic shooting successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday morning. 

Her mother, Drea Briggs, was horrified to person the chilling text and rushed to the infirmary wherever her girl was receiving life-saving treatment.

'If she hadn’t made it to the hospital, she wouldn’t person survived,' Drea Briggs told The Oregonian. 'She mislaid truthful overmuch blood.” 

The series of events that led to the calamity began innocently enough. On Wednesday evening, Naomi went retired with her friends astir 9:30pm. 

At immoderate constituent during the night, she texted her mother, Drea Briggs, asking for state wealth to get backmost location to Gresham, but she aboriginal returned the currency saying she had recovered a ride.

But by 5am Naomi was inactive not home. Her parent was abruptly jolted awake by her daughter's hopeless substance connection and rushed to OHSU Hospital successful Portland, to wherever Naomi had been taken by ambulance.

By the clip Drea arrived connected the country astatine 6am, her girl was successful captious condition, clinging to beingness having been struck successful the tummy by a slug astatine adjacent scope successful the municipality of Beaverton, a leafy Portland suburb. 

The shooting has near Naomi successful intensive care. 

'She's hooked up to machines, and her full abdomen is inactive open,' the ma said. 

'The doc did archer maine determination was a accidental she mightiness not marque it and truthful it's conscionable been a struggle,' Drea added.. 

Naomi has since undergone 4 surgeries to repair the extended interior harm caused by the bullet, with a 5th country scheduled for this week. 

Doctors accidental her betterment volition beryllium a agelong and arduous travel and she remains successful captious information arsenic she fights to retrieve from catastrophic injuries.

Authorities person arrested 18-year-old Sky Korbut successful transportation with the shooting.

He faces charges of third-degree battle and unlawful usage of a limb with his bail acceptable astatine $10,000.

Korbut is alleged to person purchased the firearm utilized successful the shooting connected the thoroughfare successful Portland's Old Town Chinatown area. 

Korbut is said to person paid $650 for the limb aft failing to walk a inheritance cheque to acquisition a shotgun.

Korbut had been giving Naomi a thrust location erstwhile his weapon went off. 

Mom, Drea, is present astatine her daughter's bedside and grappling with the world of her child's trauma. 

'I benignant of bash consciousness similar it's a nightmare…I'm inactive trying to process it. I'm inactive successful shock. I ne'er thought this would hap ever,' she said to KGW 8. 

'She's lone 16 years old, and present her full beingness has changed forever,' she said. 'This ne'er should person happened. Know who your kids are hanging around. This is the calamity of guns.'

Naomi, described arsenic a emblematic teen who loves her friends, animals, and children, present faces years of recovery. 

A GoFundMe run has been launched to enactment her aesculapian expenses and rehabilitation.

'The enactment we've received is overwhelming,' Drea said. 'It's what's keeping maine beardown for her. 

'Hold onto your kids, you ne'er cognize similar what's going to happen,'  Drea said.