A Black disabled veteran says he’s blessed to be alive after being shot in the chest in broad daylight on Seattle’s waterfront last month. Powell was well known in the area for playing music along the boardwalk. Now, his family is asking the community for support.
According to reports, 32-year-old Gregory Timm walked up to Harold Powell, 68, and accused the Navy vet of “stolen valor,” claiming Powell never served in the military. Powell denied the claims, offering to show Timm his military ID. Video of the attack shows Timm ripping a military patch off Powell’s wheelchair. Feeling threatened, Powell then wheels toward Timm and reaches inside his shirt, according to KIRO 7. Timm then steps back, retrieves a handgun from a bag, and shoots Powell in the chest, leaving witnesses shocked.
“I seen the slug. I can see the heat of the slug coming at me, then just, ‘Boom!’ Knocked me back,” Powell told KFVS. “I just went to ‘I’m going to die, so let me call my family. Forget everything else.’ That’s just all I thought. I didn’t worry about nothing else.”…