Joint Base Lewis-McChord , Washington ( CNN ) -- A 7-year-old Afghan girl testified Sunday that she hid behind her father as he was shot and killed during a shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan that U.S. military prosecutors say was carried about by an American soldier . The girl , identified as Robina , was one of a handful of Afghan children called to testify via satellite during an evidentiary hearing held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord , near Tacoma , Washington to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to support the military 's case against Staff Sgt . Robert Bales . Bales is charged with 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder in the March 11 predawn attack on two villages in southern Afghanistan 's Panjwai district . Afghan anger kept U.S. agents from killing scene . The outcome of the Article 32 hearing will determine whether Bales , 39 , can be court-martialed or could even face the death penalty . Bales has not entered a plea in the case , though his attorneys have said he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and sustained a traumatic brain injury during a prior deployment to Iraq . Robina and another child were called to testify by Bales ' attorney , John Henry Brown , who appeared to try to establish discrepancies between their testimonies and those of survivors who took the stand a day earlier . Robina recounted via satellite from a base in Kandahar province how in the early morning hours a gunman came into her family 's compound near Camp Belambay , a small U.S. outpost . Her father , she said , cursed when he was shot in the legs . Then he was shot in the throat and the chest , she said . One of the bullets also hit her in the leg . `` I did n't realize I was shot until later , '' she said . Stunned friends recall good deeds of suspect . Another 7-year-old testified she was wounded during the rampage , shot in the head by a man who she described as wearing tan pants and a black t-shirt . Survivors who took the stand on Saturday described the shooter as an American wearing camouflage pants and a tan t-shirt . Brown also questioned the testimony of an Army criminal investigator , who interviewed a victim 's wife , who said two American soldiers broke into her home during the rampage . Other witnesses have testified there was only one gunman , and the Army contends Bales acted alone . Afghan villagers describe slaying 's horror . CNN 's Chelsea J. Carter contributed to this report .
A 7-year - old girl is hiding behind her father as he is shot and killed . The defense also raises discrepancies in the testimony of witnesses . Army Staff Sgt . Robert Bales is accused of killing two Afghan ##s .