Mother of Lincoln Park shooting victim thanks good Samaritan who came to son’s aid

CHICAGO (WLS) — On Monday, the mom of 23-year-old Dakotah Earley obtained to satisfy and thank the person who helped save her son’s life after he was attacked and shot thrice in Lincoln Park throughout an armed theft earlier this month.

“I am simply glad that he was there as a result of I could not be. At the moment, my household could not have been there for Dakotah, and I am simply glad that anyone took the braveness to return out of their home and to be with him and maintain him holding on,” Pleasure Dobbs mentioned.

David Hussar heard the taking pictures at 3 a.m. on Could 6.

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“I mentioned, ‘hey man, I am right here to assist; maintain on, police are coming, ambulance is coming.’ Tried to speak to him and help him and say assistance is on the way in which and never to surrender,” Hussar mentioned.

It was these fast actions that Pleasure Dobbs mentioned may need saved her son’s life.

“There is not any phrases to thank him sufficient. He’ll all the time have my gratitude, all the time,” Dobbs mentioned.

For greater than two weeks, Earley has been preventing for his life within the hospital after being shot thrice whereas strolling down the sidewalk close to Wayne and Webster avenues after an armed robber approached him at gunpoint.

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“To have it to degrade to this degree the place harmless individuals actually minding their very own enterprise are risking their life by strolling down the streets of Lincoln Park, there’s simply no phrases,” Ald. Brian Hopkins mentioned.

The taking pictures was all captured on surveillance video.

“I undergo from PTSD, so watching my son on video get gunned down has taken me to locations that I assumed I used to be really over,” Dobbs mentioned.

A 19-year-old man has since been charged for the taking pictures and several other different armed robberies on the North Facet.

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“That man ought to’ve been in jail. As a substitute he was in entrance of my home taking pictures somebody. So I believe all of us want to return collectively and we want change within the metropolis,” Hussar mentioned.

Earley’s mom mentioned he is bettering daily. It is his birthday Tuesday, and he or she mentioned she’s simply glad they’ll have fun one other birthday together with her son.

“This violence in opposition to people, in opposition to people who find themselves identical to you, simply has to cease,” Dobbs mentioned.