PHILADELPHIA — The father of a 13-year-old boy who was wounded in a Fourth of July weekend mass shooting in Philadelphia said his son's best friend, 15-year-old Daujan Brown, lost his life trying to protect his child.
In an emotional interview with ABC's"Good Morning America," Rafiq Fitzgerald Sr. said he will be forever grateful that Brown was there on Monday to shield his son from the barrage of bullets police said were fired indiscriminately at victims by a masked gunman wielding an AR-15 ghost gun.
"As a parent, you don’t want your child around certain people. [Brown] wasn’t one of those types of kids. In my eyes, I'm glad I never kept him away from my son because he was a hero, if you asked me. He died trying to protect his best friend," Fitzgerald said."In my eyes, Daujaun is like Superman. I’m so grateful for him."
He said he immediately rushed to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, moving so quickly he arrived with mismatched shoes on. “He shot my son first and he fell. His friend was trying to help him and when the gunman saw his friend trying to help him, he shot at him," Fitzgerald said."My son said he rolled under a car and he thought his friend was playing dead."
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