CHICAGO (CBS) — A South Chicago neighborhood man had just dropped off his kids at school and was about to grab a coffee—only to be shot in an attempted robbery.
The man, Phillip Radford, survived—but he is paralyzed from the shooting, now having no use of his legs. And this all happened when he was simply going through his everyday morning routine that he’d maintained for years.
His life now forever changed, Radford is slowly learning to adjust.
“I thought I was going to die, because I was bleeding out a lot,” he said.
Radford said he is now paralyzed after he was shot in the spine about two weeks ago. He spoke to CBS News Chicago from the hospital.
“I was literally just going to go get a coffee, trying to cross the street, and he started shooting at me,” he said. “Once the bullet hit me, it completely did something to my body.”
Radford had just dropped off his twins at school, and then just before 9 a.m., he grabbed a coffee near 91st Street and Exchange Avenue. The 32-year-old said he believes the shooter, who looked young, was trying to rob him and then suddenly began shooting.