Cyclists from the Philly area will come together Saturday to ride in honor of a leader in their community who continues to recover after being injured in a University City shooting earlier this month. He spoke with JohnnyNBC10 about his road to recovery:
Cyclists from the Philadelphia area will come together this weekend to ride in honor of a leader in their community who continues to recover after being injured in a University City shooting earlier this month.
Siddeeq Shabaaz, 33, told NBC10 he was leaving a friend’s restaurant on 40th and Spruce streets back on June 16 at 1:11 a.m. when he was approached by two people who tried to rob him. At least one of the suspects pulled out a gun and opened fire, shooting Shabaaz twice in the abdomen. “Once they ran off it was just me,” Shabaaz told NBC10 while recovering at the hospital on Thursday. “I guess it’s more scary now reflecting on it than in the moment. Because my biggest thing in the moment was staying calm.”Get Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.“I realized that I was getting short of breath,” he said. “I knew I was shot somewhere near my lungs and I was able to get the call out before I passed out. It saved my life.
Responding police officers rushed Shabaaz to the hospital in critical condition. Police say the two suspects in the shooting, who are possibly in their mid-20s, fled the scene. No arrests have been made. “Now you shot me. You got nothing,” Shabaaz said. “The only thing you got now is possibly an attempted murder charge. For what?”
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