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 continues to be praying for a miracle that {the teenager} will get well.
Sanjay Samuel, a scholar at Martin Van Buren Excessive College, is “mind lifeless” after he was shot outdoors the espresso store in Cambria Heights whereas strolling to high school on Monday morning, in accordance with his mom, Vilene Griffith.
“Miracles do occur, and I’m trusting God for Sanjay to stand up,” she instructed CBS New York of her hoops-playing son who dreamed of turning into a firefighter.
“Nothing is occurring. He’s not respiratory on his personal. He’s not doing nothing,” she mentioned.
Witnesses instructed 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 instructed the New York Every day Information that the bullet continues to be lodged behind his son’s head.
“We requested them if they might do the surgical procedure to take away the bullet,” Theophilus Samuel mentioned. “They mentioned, ‘No, that might make it worse.’”
The motive for the capturing remained beneath investigation — however a 14-year-old classmate mentioned she believes the sometimes “pleasant” scholar might have not too long ago fallen in with the incorrect crowd.
“It may need been the group he was with … I don’t know if it was his associates, I simply knew it was a bit of state of affairs that occurred that was means earlier than. Not at present,” {the teenager} instructed 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 stay with this? In the intervening time, 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.
