A 22-year-old woman is happy to be alive after unidentified attackers almost killed her in a shooting outside a Colorado Springs apartment complex last weekend.

Rose Knoeppchen was released from the hospital Friday after a bullet struck her chest and narrowly missed her heart during the shooting. Her attackers have yet to be arrested.

On the night of Nov. 14, Knoeppchen said she and her boyfriend left her home in Grand Junction to go to Cañon City to pick up a friend and hang out. As the night continued, the three drove to Colorado Springs and spent time at some car enthusiast meetups before heading to a local store after midnight.

Then they realized that two suspicious cars were tailing them. In an effort to get away, Knoeppchen said she raced down North Academy Boulevard by The Citadel, hopping curbs into the mall’s parking lot before ending up in the parking area of an apartment complex in the 3300 block of West Portal Drive.

The next thing she knew, several shots rang out and shattered her windshield as her boyfriend yelled for them to “get down.”

On pure adrenaline, Knoeppchen said she didn’t know at the time that she had already been shot in the chest and that another bullet had grazed her shoulder. Doctors would later discover that the bullet was a millimeter away from striking her heart and had traveled through her small intestines.

The three scurried out of the car to get ready to run for their lives after the shots stopped. That’s when Knoeppchen realized she was bleeding. Instead of running, her boyfriend told them to get back in the car, and he drove off, rushing them to the hospital within minutes.

By this time, the three had notified authorities, who met them at the hospital. Her parents, who also live in Grand Junction, were called soon after and rushed down.

The Colorado Springs Police Department confirmed Thursday that no arrest has been made in the case. Knoeppchen’s father, Steven, said investigators have been working nonstop and are keeping the family updated.

Knoeppchen, who rarely comes to Colorado Springs, said she never saw the faces of her attackers. She believes that the two cars were at one of the car meets they went to that night, but she has no clue what could have made the suspects follow the three and shoot at them.

As a car enthusiast herself, Knoeppchen said she used to regularly attend car gatherings, but she stopped because they would often lead to fights. She speculated that perhaps her car looked like another’s from the car meetup, and her pursuers mistook her for them.

“It’s just crazy for me to think that I should have (died), and, if it wasn’t for my boyfriend, I would have,” Knoeppchen said while lying in her hospital bed with medical equipment attached to her.

Knoeppchen and her family feel as though a guardian angel saved her that night. She referenced three butterfly tattoos on her left arm that are symbolic of family members who have helped support her through various points in her life.

“I’m just so grateful to be alive and have the support that I do,” Knoeppchen said.

On Friday, Knoeppchen was released from the hospital, but she said she’ll need to come back for regular checkups.

While she’s expected to make a full recovery, the hospital stay has left her in crippling debt that could take years to pay off, and Knoeppchen can’t work for at least another month. On top of medical expenses, the family was staying in a hotel for almost a week while she was in the hospital.

To help pay for some expenses, her family created a GoFundMe page, which has raised over $1,600 so far. Knoeppchen said she’s already put the donated money into her monthly bills and some expenses.

“I cried when the money was transferred to my bank account. It means a lot,” Knoeppchen said.