The mom of a 13-year-old boy who was left on life assist after he was shot within the head outdoors of a Dunkin’ Donuts in Queens remains to be praying for a miracle that {the teenager} will recuperate.
Sanjay Samuel, a scholar at Martin Van Buren Excessive Faculty, is “mind useless” after he was shot outdoors the espresso store in Cambria Heights whereas strolling to highschool on Monday morning, in line with his mom, Vilene Griffith.
“Miracles do occur, and I’m trusting God for Sanjay to stand up,” she informed CBS New York of her hoops-playing son who dreamed of changing into a firefighter.
“Nothing is happening. He’s not respiratory on his personal. He’s not doing nothing,” she mentioned.
Witnesses informed The Submit that the youthful-looking gunman pulled as much as the restaurant on a scooter and bought into a brief battle with Samuel earlier than he took out a gun and shot him.
The suspect, who had an afro and was carrying a particular “JAWS” bookbag, then ran off, police sources mentioned.
Sanjay was rushed to Cohen Kids’s Medical Heart for remedy of his life-threatening gunshot wound. The teenager’s father informed the New York Day by day Information that the bullet remains to be lodged behind his son’s head.
“We requested them if they may do the surgical procedure to take away the bullet,” Theophilus Samuel mentioned. “They mentioned, ‘No, that would make it worse.’”
The motive for the taking pictures remained beneath investigation — however a 14-year-old classmate mentioned she believes the usually “pleasant” scholar might have not too long ago fallen in with the fallacious crowd.
“It may need been the group he was with … I don’t know if it was his associates, I simply knew it was somewhat state of affairs that occurred that was manner earlier than. Not in the present day,” {the teenager} informed The Submit, with out divulging additional.
No arrests have been made and police haven’t recognized the shooter, whom Sanjay’s father blasted as a “coward.”
“How will you reside with this? For the time being, you’re most likely hyped. However as time goes by, it’s a must to suppose … ‘I took one other particular person’s life,’” Samuel mentioned.
Griffith wished to ask the suspect why he shot her son — a basketball participant who wished to be a firefighter when he grew up.
Sanjay had simply graduated from center faculty earlier this yr.
“I misplaced my son, and your mother misplaced you, additionally,” she mentioned.
