Critter at his 18th birthday party.
These are from my mother's facebook:
March 9:
My adopted son (Chris-aka-Critter) just go ambushed and shot at his home. Everyone is leaving for the hospital now. His real mother wasn't allowed to ride in the ambulance so my family is taking her.....more updates as I get them.
March 10:
Critter is in surgery now. He was shot in the stomache. He asked his mom at the hospital if he could move to our house. We have better security and this would have not happened if he wasn't at those apartments. He is a nice kid and didn't deserve this. I think it must have been gang members not sure tho he doesn't belong to a gang.
March 10:
Up date......Chris was shot three times, his sisters boyfriend was shot once. Chris is out of surgery, the bullet to his stomache nicked his intestines. They are now watching for infection. He has a whole in his back and another bullet grazed his shoulder. He also somehow broke his hip. I guess trying to get away from the 12 year old shooter.
March 11
New update on Critter, He is supposed to get up and move around to start his intestines working. But it is really hard to do with a broken hip!
March 18
Okay...brought Chris home from the hospital today! He is doing well. Walks with one of those old lady walkers, and does it poorly I might add. But alive and getting better. The police still haven't taken the shooter in custody yet. They can't seem to find him after they had to release him. But Chris is in good spirits and happy to be out of the hospital. Having trouble with solids still, though.
To those who are asking:
His birth mother lives in bad apartment buildings. Metro doesn't know why Critter was attacked, but there are theories. One of which is a bit scarier than the other. Either he was mistaken for someone else while he was walking back from the store, or the gangs in the area have started a new initiation process... The shooter isn't talking on why he shot my brother. My brother isn't involved in any gangs, so it is a mystery as to why he was shot.
I'm so sorry to hear that :-( He will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Thank you guys.
I made a journal on it:
http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/1582044/My_brother_Critter_has_been_shot
I am going to update that probably more often than I'll remember here.
HAPPY OSTARA!!!
RED (2004), MONKEY (2007), AND LUMP (2009) ARE ALL WELCOMING SPRING 2010!
Aghhh my self esteem has improved since being modest!
- Kenre
on Mar. 10, 2010 at 3:46 PM