Wow. This is crazy.

So more came out about what happened with my friend's son.  Read this article.  I seriously cannot believe this.  Apparently, and this is from her, so it's the truth, this guy supplied alcohol to minors, held her son against his will, shot him in the chest at point blank range, then dragged him out to the parking lot and left him to die.  Then he (her son, the one who got shot) called 911 on his phone and that's the only reason this is an assault case and not a murder case.

Originally, the media reported it as an accidental shooting.  Some outlets said that he was in the apartment by himself and a gun went off.  Others said he was with this other person, and the gun went off accidentally.  They also reported that he had non-life-threatening injuries, when really, he spent two days on life support, and has a lot of organ damage and a severed spinal cord.  The media sure dropped the ball on this one. He was shot, very intentionally, by this guy, who's actually a soldier at Ft. Bliss.  Oh, and check this out.  Their apartment complex originally tried to evict them over this!  It says in their lease that nobody in the place can be involved in a crime, and they took the media's word for it being an accidental shooting.  She set them straight on it, and they agreed not to evict them, and to let them break their lease without any problems, but the fact that they ever considered evicting them was just insane.

This is totally ridiculous.  I can't believe this happened.  It's like, every parent's worst nightmare, and now they have to find a new place to live (3rd story apartment won't work now) and get a big van.  In addition to being a total pain in the ass, especially under the circumstances, that stuff is expensive!  There is no word on when he might be able to leave the hospital, so maybe she has a while to get all that stuff together, but still.  It just kind of adds insult to injury.

I'm still trying to chase down ways that all of us who aren't local can help, but those who are local can get on the meal calendar.  The whole family is basically at the hospital 24/7, so they have no time to cook their own food, understandably.  Help if you can.