The victim of an apparent random drive-by shooting in Renton from a few weeks ago is ready to speak out now.
Christopher Harp, 23, was walking to the store with his cousins on Jan. 18, around 9:30pm, when someone in a car opened fire and shot him multiple times.
“It felt like almost I got tased at first and I just felt down and I couldn’t move my legs,” Harp explained from the hospital bed.
At that very moment, Harp’s life changed forever. It’s also one he remembers vividly.
“I got hit 4 times, I just remember being hit and falling and the car driving off,” he recalled.
He said out of nowhere, a car pulled up and started shooting.
“My head is usually on a swivel, especially at nighttime when I’m walking alone or anybody. So the one time I wasn’t, this happened, and it’s really a shame,” Harp explained. “Guess a random car saw us and thought we were somebody else and let it go. And here I am.”
It’s a possible mistake that nearly cost Harp his life. In just seconds, those bullets shattered parts of his spine leaving him paralyzed.