Mother of homeless man with horrible head injury speaks out

What’s his story?

That’s what many have wondered about a man found walking around downtown Nashville with a horrible head injury .

Graphic photos went viral and drew attention to his case. We’ve talked to Jonathan Johnson who is getting help.

Now his mother is speaking out about what led him to the streets of Music City with such an awful injury.

Johnson is homeless and had been wandering the streets of Nashville for weeks with a horribly exposed head wound.

After we aired his story, he’s received some help, and since then, we’ve heard from Jonathan’s mother who had lost touch with her 39-year-old son.

Lisa Davis shared a photo posing with Jonathan in happier times.

She was heartbroken to see the photos of her son that had gone viral on social media showing much of his forehead missing.

“Oh my gosh. I was ready for Jesus to take him. I could not believe what I was seeing,” said Davis.

Davis — who lives in East Tennessee and no longer in touch with Jonathan — shared photos including this one of him after he had surgery seven years ago to implant a plate in his forehead after being hit by a car.

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