Girl Shot in Pa. Out of Hospital, Paper Reports

LANCASTER, Pa., Oct. 14 -- One of the 10 girls shot at an Amish school two weeks ago has been released from the hospital, a newspaper reported.

Barbie Fisher, 11, whose 13-year-old sister, Marian, was among five girls killed, woke up at home on Saturday, a day after she was released from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, her grandfather told the New Era of Lancaster.

Meanwhile, the wife of the gunman released a statement thanking the Amish and others in the Lancaster County community for their "forgiveness, grace and mercy."

In the letter, released by a family spokesman and addressed to Amish friends, neighbors and the local community, Marie Roberts says she and her three young children have been overwhelmed by the community support since the Oct. 2 shootings.

"Your love for our family has helped to provide the healing we so desperately need," she wrote. "Gifts you've given have touched our hearts in a way no words can describe. . . . Your compassion has reached beyond our family, beyond our community, and is changing our world, and for this we sincerely thank you."

Members of the Amish community have said they forgive Charles Carl Roberts IV, the 32-year-old milk truck driver who killed himself as police closed in on the West Nickel Mines Amish School.