Innocent shooting victim is still hurting
On yesterday’s newscast we reported on the wounding of an innocent bystander as gunmen in a fleeing vehicle shot at a police patrol. Today I stopped in at the home of that shooting victim to see how she’s doing.
Melody Williams, Daughter
?Well I would want her to go back in the hospital to take out that bullet. That is what I want her to do. But if they say it is two weeks, we have to wait for two weeks.?
Three days after she was accidentally shot by a bullet meant for the police, fifty-three year old Rosita Williams was discharged from the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Williams, unable to speak because of a Thyroidectomy she received almost five years ago, is now back home. The Williams family, however, say that their mother should have never left the hospital because the bullet is not only still lodged in her brain but that she is suffering from other injuries as a result of the incident. According to Melody Williams her mother was told by the hospital authorities that because of the swelling they are unable at this time to remove the slug, but that she can return for further care in a couple of weeks.
Melody Williams
?All the family wants is for her to get better and for them to take the bullet out of her head. Because a bullet is nothing to play with, it can circulate, it could poison inside and it could kill her.?
Williams says her mother?s jaw is also swollen, she is unable to eat solid foods, and suffers from a lot of pain. She is concerned because her mother continues to suffer from dizzy spells and maintains she should be in the care of a hospital.
Police say at the time of the shooting they were pursuing an SUV that was going the wrong way on a one way street when they were fired upon. The victim was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Melody Williams
?I would want justice to be done to have them find who did it. That is all I want. Because the good Lord is not asleep and his eyes are wide open. They have to watch what they are doing sometimes because the people walk the street everyday and it?s not like people don?t walk the street everyday. They have to get rid of the guns and stop the shoot innocent people out here.?
This evening News Five contacted K.H.M.H. Director of Medical Services, Dr. Khalid Gazi. According to Gazi, the bullet is not lodged in Williams’ brain, but in soft tissue between in her skin and the skull. Gazi says at the time of the patient’s discharge she was doing well. According to Gazi, Williams underwent three days of observation. Due to the swelling there is nothing they can do at this time, but continue to dress the wound until the swelling goes down. Gazi says Williams was prescribed antibiotics and was advised to return in two weeks time when they will reassess the injury and see if the slug can be removed. In the meantime Gazi advised the family of Williams that if she is not feeling well to visit her primary physician and if necessary she will be referred to the K.H.M.H.
