Teen sleeping in bed shot in Sicklerville, N.J.

SICKLERVILLE, N.J. -- A 13-year-old girl was shot while sleeping in her bed overnight in the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township, New Jersey.

The girl, Tiya Hudson, was sleeping alone in a room inside a house on Hathaway Drive when gunfire erupted outside.

A stray bullet hit the girl in the lower back. She was taken to the hospital and was reported to be in stable condition.

"I heard gunshots and I heard a lady scream, then my sister screamed so I ran to get my mom," said the victim's sister, Toni Hudson.

Toni said she had just checked on Tiya, who was asleep in the next room.

"When I came out my sister was crawling toward me saying she was going to die," Toni said. "I said 'you're not going to die.'"

Two other younger sisters were also home asleep.

Tiya's mother, Betty, had first thought someone was breaking in until she saw her daughter crawling in the hallway. Family friend Larry Johnson called 911 and applied pressure to Tiya's wound.

"It was really chaotic," he said.

Tiya's mother says it's now difficult to feel safe in their home.

"We're not at the wrong place at the wrong time. We're home in bed and something like this happens," Betty Hudson said.

Toni Hudson said it's going to be hard to Tiya to return.

"She'll probably come sleep with me now," Toni said.

Her family says Tiya is going into 8th grade. She runs, she dances, she's very active - and they hope for a speedy recovery.

Meanwhile, Winslow Township Police and the Camden County Prosecutor's Office were on the scene investigating and collecting evidence.

Tiya Hudson wasn't the only victim. A woman in a home across the street was injured by flying glass after a bullet shattered a window.

She refused treatment at the scene.

Nearly a dozen shell casings were visible from the street.

Neighbors say they are worried about escalating violence in the area.

"It's been a lot of drama out here. I've seen a lot of cops around here trying to control it but, obviously, it's uncontrollable," said Anasiari White. I'm out here and I'm walking as well. It could have been my son, it could have been me, God forbid."