After Target stabbing, 9-year-old boy will spend Thanksgiving in an L.A. hospital

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Brayden Medina started physical therapy after an unprovoked attack in which a man stabbed him in the back. His family doesn't know when he'll be able to return home.

Normally, Brayden Medina’s extended family gathers at his aunt and uncle’s home in the neighborhood to celebrate the holiday. But this year, the 9-year-old will spend Thanksgiving in a hospital bed, recovering from a stab wound that has affected his ability to walk.

When he first talked to his little brother via phone, the 14-year-old said, he tried to distract Brayden from the terrifying attack. While Brayden and his mom shopped that evening, a man in his 40s entered the store unarmed and moved to the kitchenware department. That’s where he unpacked a large butcher knife, Moore said in an interview.

The attacker then moved toward the front of the store, where he was confronted by an armed security officer, the chief said. The security officer opened fire at least once, hitting the knife-wielding man in the stomach.“I’m grateful for Target security, for their uniformed officer that was there,” Moore told The Times. “It was that uniformed, armed guard that was there that stepped in and stopped this deadly assault.

He said he is hopeful that Brayden and the 24-year-old will be able to leave the hospital “and get to a full recovery.”Molina said they don’t know how long Brayden will be in the hospital. He’s started physical therapy, and doctors continued to run tests on him this week.

 

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Really? No shit.

The voters of LA have shown that they want more of this

So sorry he had this terrible experience. The land of the free? Free to kill.

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