MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A boy who survived being shot within the head in Minneapolis, one in every of three shootings that shook the group in 2021, had the prospect of a lifetime on Sunday to satisfy his basketball hero.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry met and signed autographs for Ladavionne Garrett, Jr. because the Warriors performed the Timberwolves in Minneapolis.

Garrett’s grandmother writes: “He could not cease smiling. I thank God for this present day. My grandson deserves this a lot. They gave him 72 hours and he has been residence from the hospital for a yr.”

“Stephen Curry is Junior’s favourite basketball participant and he made Junior’s day as we speak – particularly when he signed Ladavionne Junior’s hat. I am one completely satisfied grandma and my g-boys cannot cease speaking concerning the expertise. They are saying I am the most effective.”

Garrett is on the lengthy highway to restoration after he survived being hit by a stray bullet in April 2021 when he was solely 11 years outdated. Garrett was driving in a automobile together with his mother and father when the automobile was hit by gunfire, putting Garrett Jr. within the head.

Garrett suffered life-changing accidents and was hospitalized for months after the capturing.

Garrett was the second of three youngsters who had been shot in Minneapolis over the course of three weeks in April and Might of 2021. The shootings lead activists to demand adjustments from the town to battle rising crime.

Up to now, police have solely made one arrest in connection to the shootings, charging a person with the capturing of 9-year-old Trinity Ottoson-Smith.