This story originally was published March 11, 2016.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Shooting survivor Abigail Kopf has spoken for the first time since the Kalamazoo attacks last month, her family said Friday.
"This little girl loves her pig," the family-approved GoFundMe page said in an update. "Tonight, Abbie *spoke* her first word. It was 'pig.' This gives us great hope that she will regain her speech."
Abigail, a 14-year-old seventh-grader at Harper Creek Middle School, is at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids after a 17-day stay at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo.
She was shot once in the head during a series of random shootings in Kalamazoo County on Feb. 20, when she and four women were attacked while returning to a suburban Kalamazoo Cracker Barrel restaurant parking lot; the other women were killed.
Police say the shooting was part of a spree that night, and that 45-year-old Jason Dalton also opened fire at an apartment complex and a car dealership. A total of six people were killed and two, including Abigail, were severely injured.
More than $56,000 had been raised for Abigail through GoFundMe as of Friday afternoon. Harper Creek Community Schools will host a Hat Day on March 18, during which kids can wear a hat all day at school as long they donate a dollar or any amount they choose. The funds will be donated to Kopf's family.
