LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than a dozen Louisville Metro Police officers responded to a home in the Park Hill neighborhood Friday morning.
But it was a covert mission with special deliveries that the homeowners weren't expecting.
The Louisville Metro Police Department helped out the Chillers family after Jamilla Chillers was caught in the crossfire of a shooting then their home was robbed.Â
Police said on May 3, Jamilla Chillers was caught in the crossfire of a shooting in the Park Hill neighborhood.
"Me and my friends and my sister was hanging out and a group of people came and just started shooting," Chillers said.
Chillers was shot in the leg outside her home. She was then self-transported to UofL Hospital but the car broke down and a passerby took her the rest of the way.
"I did not even realize I got hit," she said. "I fell, I got up and I fell again. Then I felt the sting."
Chillers has six children ranging from ages of 3 to 19 and was employed before the incident. But while in the hospital, her home was burglarized. Her door was broken down and all her food and other items were taken or destroyed.
"Everything was broken, demolished, picked through, ran through," Chillers said. "It was like they didn't even leave my children a popsicle."
Officer Montrell Crawford responded to the home after the break-in.
"When I came over to take the report, Miss Chillers was telling me the items that were stolen, as far as like tissue and spoons and forks and food," Crawford said.
LMPD officers donated some items and the Louisville Metro Police Foundation secured other donations and made sure the oldest child had what he needed to graduate from Breckinridge Metro High School.
"I was like, 'I'm not even going to go to graduation because I don't have nothing,'" Jaedyn Chillers said. "They came the next day and was like, 'we got this for you, let me go take you out.'"
After buying Jaedyn Chillers clothes for graduation, officers attended his graduation to support him.
He said he wants to be a role model for his siblings.
"And they even let me pick out my own suit and I swear I was the most fly guy in the graduation," Jaedyn Chillers said.
Since then, officers from across the city have been on a covert mission to replace everything the family lost and on Friday morning, it was like Christmas in May.
The Louisville Metro Police Department helped out the Chillers family after Jamilla Chillers was caught in the crossfire of a shooting then their home was robbed.Â
"We bought five new beds," LMPD Maj. Russell Miller said. "We bought bunk systems for a couple of the beds. We have massive food donations that we got in. We bought flat screen televisions for them."
Police were able to get stuff they need for at least six to eight months and rent is covered for the next month.
"It was awesome," Jaedyn Chillers said. "You see how God is showing us that he's really just looking at the sun, just looking at the weather."
"I'm happy," Jamilla Chillers said. "I'm excited. I am very blessed and highly favored."
Jaedyn said this shows "what good officers do for good people."
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