The survivor of firing in Baltimore, Maryland, who is undergoing treatment under critical condition, is identified as Bikash Gurung age, 17.
According to an eyewitness, Bikash ran into his apartment and fell down in sitting room screaming for help. “I am shot and my uncle is outside, please call the police,” Bikash is quoted as saying, before this eyewitness called the 911 and rushed him to hospital.
Meanwhile, the deceased late Big Bahadur Gurung, who was pronounced dead at a local hospital, is reported to have sustained bullets in his chest. Police had found him at the side of the apartment.
The shoot-out victims—Big Bahadur (deceased) and Bikash (survivor) are close relatives, originally hailed from Dagana district in Bhutan.
Police authority in the area, during a brief meeting with the victims’ relatives and community leaders on Wednesday, said that the investigation is underway. No one has been arrested in connection to the incident until the filing of this report.
A latest report obtained from the hospital says that Gurung’s condition is improving. Gurung could say nothing about the cause of the shooting, but he said to his sister, Buddhi Gurung, that two black men approached him with a gun demanding for money. “As I was opening my wallet, they shot my uncle. After that they shot me on my stomach”, Buddhi Gurung quotes Bikash Gurung as saying.
Reporting contributed by KN Upreti from Baltimore.
