The parents of a teenage girl shot in the head as she rode in her family's van through Pine Hills testified at the suspect’s trial on Tuesday, but they said they weren’t able to identify him as the shooter.

Tyrone Mosby is charged with attempted murder and faces a life sentence for the July shootout that left Danielle Sampson in a wheelchair at the age of 15.

On Tuesday, both of Danielle's parents took jurors through the day when their daughter was shot. The family was celebrating Danielle's mother's birthday and were on their way to an outlet mall when they cut through Pine Hills to drop off a friend.

Danielle's father told jurors his daughter, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, was sitting in the back of their van eating her dinner and watching a movie on her laptop.

Suddenly, the family heard gunshots, and Danielle's father yelled at everyone in the van to get down. He said he drove a little further and pulled over, and that's when they discovered Danielle had been shot in the head by a bullet that shattered the van's back window.

Danielle's mother told jurors she cried and screamed as she cradled her daughter in her arms.

"I was calling her name, and she wasn't answering," said Alma Fletcher, Danielle's mother. "She had blood coming down. Her food was on the ground, her computer."

Prosecutors said Mosby fired the shot that struck Danielle. They said he and a group of other men had just burglarized a home nearby and were shooting at the homeowner, Chester Joseph, who was chasing them.

But Sampson’s parents told jurors everything happened so fast and they couldn’t identify Mosby as the gunman.

However, when Joseph took the stand, he told jurors that he chased the group of burglars, and Mosby was the one firing shots at him. 

Joseph said he was able to pick Mosby out of a police lineup and identify him as the shooter after coming forward weeks later.

“I didn't want to be talking to cops. I just wanted it to go away,” he said.

Joseph told jurors he didn't cooperate with police because he didn't want the case to disrupt his busy life as an assistant for NFL players who come into town.  But weeks after the shooting, he said he changed his mind and was able to identify Mosby in a photo lineup. 

“This isn't about me,” said Joseph. “It's about this little innocent girl that got shot that won't be able to drive a car, probably won't have a boyfriend or enjoy life.”

Sampson is now 16 years old, and is confined to a wheelchair with severe brain damage from the shooting.

Danielle is in court for the trial, because her family said they want Mosby to see her and the condition she is in.