A nine-year-old Los Angeles boy who was stabbed in a Target store by a homeless man last month has been released from the hospital just before Christmas.
Brayden Medina was able to leave the hospital on his own on Friday. He had been in the hospital since a homeless man wielding a butcher knife taken from the kitchen section of the store stabbed him in the back on November 15. The homeless man had also stabbed a 25-year-old woman.
The man grabbed the knife and threatened to kill the boy before stabbing him and the other woman, according to Los Angeles police. The boy tried to walk away before the man stabbed him.
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A nine-year-old Los Angeles boy who was stabbed in a Target store by a homeless man last month has been released from the hospital just before Christmas.
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After the two attacks, the store’s security guard shot and killed the suspect.
Los Angeles Police Department Capt. E. Morales posted video on Twitter showing the boy leaving the hospital and walking toward a police cruiser as his family followed with balloons.
“Christmas wishes come true,” Morales wrote in the tweet. “Today Central Area fulfilled the wish of B. Medina, who was the victim of a brutal crime more than 1 month ago at Target.”
Brayden Medina was able to leave the hospital on his own on Friday. He had been in the hospital since a homeless man wielding a butcher knife taken from the kitchen section of the store stabbed him in the back on November 15.
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“He was able to walk by himself and be home during the holidays with his family,” he continued.
The boy’s family thanked the woman who was attacked in the store for trying to intervene when he was attacked.
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Los Angeles Police Department Capt. E. Morales posted video on Twitter showing the boy leaving the hospital and walking toward a police cruiser as his family followed with balloons.
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“The 25-year-old woman who was stabbed in the chest is said to have intervened to save my cousin’s life. God bless her soul,” Medina’s cousin, Lizzete Molina, wrote on a GoFundMe page asking for donations to support the boy’s recovery. “My prayers are with her and my heart goes out to her family.”
