The 13-year-old boy who was shot through the eye when a gunman opened fire in Brooklyn has been released from the hospital Tuesday, and says he’s grateful to be alive.
“I would like to say thank you for all the support. Thank you for all the prayers,” Gama Droiville said on his way out of Kings County Hospital.
“A special thank you to the NYPD for catching this guy, and I hope to feel much better.”
Droiville was waiting at a Flatbush Avenue while shopping with his aunt April 14 when shooter Kareem Potomont, 21, pulled out a gun and tried to blast a gang rival.
Potomont hit his intended target in the leg, but two stray bullets hit the innocent teen in the head, one of which tore through his right eye.
Miraculously, the church choir boy survived the ordeal, and even had the wherewithal to forgive the gunman from his hospital bed.
Potomont was arrested last Thursday when cops found him hiding in a Jamaica, Queens basement.
“The tragedy is still there, but Gama is alive,” said the boy’s uncle, Jimmy Marcel. “We just want to say thank you first to our god. If it weren’t for him it would have been worse.”
Doctors stopped short of saying that Gama will ever regain sight in his right eye, saying it’s too early to tell.
“Gama is an inspiration for the staff here at Kings County,” said Dr. Douglas Lazzaro. “We were lucky to be able to serve this young man who, in the face of unbelievably senseless violence, sustained a very serious injury.”