The teen is having stomach issues.
“In the wake of all the great news that attributes to our little miracle we find ourselves back in the place that helped him stay with us,” the Cantu family wrote on the GoFundMe page. “Yet again we make our way back home with our hearts in our hand knowing this is not the end, only the beginning to a whole new life. Prayers.”
Cantu spent nearly two months in the hospital after being shot on Oct. 2 by police officer James Brennand, who has since been fired, arrested and. For much of Cantu’s time in the hospital, his condition was “touch and go” while he recovered from wounds to his liver, diaphragm, bicep, chest and stomach, as well as a bullet lodged near his heart.
Body camera video footage from the night of the shooting showed Brennand approach Cantu’s car as the teen sat in the parking lot outside a McDonald’s restaurant in the 11700 block of Blanco Road. Brennand, who was in the parking lot in response to a disturbance that Cantu was not involved in, spotted Cantu’s car and recognized it asThe former officer opened the driver-side door and demanded that the teenager exit the car.
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