Ronald Rivers was shot in the face eight days ago - and while at first, he was showing a remarkably good response, now, he has taken a sharp turn for the worse. Today his brother told us he is having swelling of his brain and is barely clinging to life:
Raymond Rivers - Brother of Shooting Victim
"Right now, out of 100%, I would say that he is at about 15%. Right now, he is critical; he just had a surgery on his brain because he was not getting any oxygen to his brain due to the swelling on his neck. So, right now, he's in critical condition. He is on life support right now in a coma, and right now, the doctor is waiting to see if the swelling on the brain is going to go down because it was a severe stroke he had in his brain. So, that's where we're at right now with Ronald. What they did, they took off this half of the skull so that the brain can release, and the doctor says in this case, he sees that it's really - this is a severe case because he has hardly seen cases liek this. Most people don't come out of it, and if you do come out, you're a vegetable. If you do reach to the point, may 50%, you don't know some people, you can't move, and you're a total different person. My brother looks very bad right now, from what I can see. We'll never have Ronald back, the Ronald that we know."
If you would like to assist Ronald Rivers you can do so at account number 5-1-6-2-1 at the Holy Redeemer Credit Union or contact his relatives at telephone numbers 6-3-3-2-9-7-3 or 6-5-0-2-6-2-3. A fundraising barbeque sale will be held on Antelope Street on Saturday March 16th.
A young man caught in the area by police with a gun right after the shooting 18 year-old Lloyd King, pleaded guilty to keeping an unlicensed firearm, and keeping unlicensed ammunition.
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