Victim of mass shooting speaks about his injury

CHICAGO (CBS) — No arrests successful the Fulton River vicinity shoot-out from earlier this week.

As constabulary hunt for those responsible, much innocent, 4 injured bystanders are sharing their stories. One antheral who was connected his bicycle spoke lone to CBS 2’s Jermont Terry.

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The feline you’re astir to conscionable was simply biking erstwhile helium was caught successful the crossfire.

In a substance to his mother, helium writes astir his injury.

“My limb is numb but I deliberation I’m ok.”

It was sent conscionable moments aft T.J. Kory realized the magnitude of what helium experienced portion biking this week connected Milwaukee successful the Fulton River District.

“They came up from down me,” Kory said. “It astir conscionable felt numb to me. I wasn’t definite what happened astatine first.”

T.J. present knows helium was 1 of 5 radical changeable erstwhile radical successful 2 cars began shooting astatine 1 another. A gunman was hanging retired of a conveyance firing.

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“I could perceive much gunfire going connected down past me,” Kory said. “I instantly conscionable got down connected the ground. Yet 10 seconds later, determination were much cars and radical walking up and they didn’t recognize what happened.”

The shootout successful the West Loop near truthful galore frightened. T.J. is 1 who ended up successful the hospital.

“I deliberation I’m incredibly lucky,” helium said. “The slug entered close present and it lodged into my precocious thigh.”

Doctors did not region the bullet.

“What I’ve been told by the doctors if your going to get shot, the butt is the spot to get shot. Missed everything important arsenic acold arsenic what could person happened, I deliberation I’m incredibly blessed,” Kory said.

As constabulary look for shooters, T.J. won’t beryllium riding his bicycle anytime soon, but helium refuses to enactment scared.

“It’s brainsick and bittersweet it happened, but it doesn’t alteration however I consciousness astir the metropolis oregon being here,” Kory said.

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No 1 is successful custody.

Jermont Terry