An Abbotsford family is looking for answers after their 32-year-old daughter with developmental disablities was shot in the leg with a paintball on Monday afternoon.

Emily is well known on east Abbotsfordsa国际传媒檚 Glenn Mountain Drive for sitting outside and watching the cars drive by in her chair. She is non-verbal and is unable to provide details of the incident, but her family has contacted the police to investigate.

Emilysa国际传媒檚 sister Ashley Cheal said her sister is not injured but still shaken from the incident.

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Emily has the mental capacity of someone around three or four years old and the family hopes the police can help them find whoever hurt their daughter.

sa国际传媒淭he police phoned me and my mom and spoke with us,sa国际传媒� Cheal said, noting that her post in a Facebook group gathered a lot of attention and sympathy from users.

sa国际传媒淭hey did not give her a case number but they did mention that they would come by and see if the dentist office or any of the businesses might have camera footage.sa国际传媒�

Anyone wanting to reach out to the family and Emily can do so by contacting them at WeLoveEmilyinAbbotsford@gmail.com.

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