{"id":16207,"date":"2019-05-17T20:36:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T00:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=16207"},"modified":"2021-01-13T15:32:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:32:27","slug":"mdc-student-kevin-reyes-survives-shooting-hours-before-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-student-kevin-reyes-survives-shooting-hours-before-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC Student Survives Shooting Hours Before Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kevin Reyes meticulously selected his graduation outfit days before he was expected to walk across the stage at the University of Miami Watsco Center. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reyes, a 20-year-old education major at Miami Dade College, planned to wear a white long sleeve dress shirt, navy pants and tan shoes to receive his associate in arts degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Reyes never got the chance to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/2019-mdc-commencement-ceremonies\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ceremony<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On May 3 at 10 p.m.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ten hours before his graduation ceremony\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reyes was shot on the left side of his forehead during an armed robbery outside the first floor of the Glorieta Gardens Apartments, 13180 Port Said Rd.,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> according to the Opa-Locka Police Department. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reyes was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital. He spent the first day in a coma but, fortunately, the bullet did not hit a critical area of his head and he was released on May 6. He is expected to fully recover by the end of the month. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI lost consciousness then came back. I was in and out,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cI can\u2019t remember everything, but I remember most of it.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reyes recalls leaving his first-floor apartment to visit his brother on the second floor at around 9:30 p.m. Once he came back downstairs, a man attacked Reyes as he was opening his apartment. The assailant unsuccessfully attempted to snatch a bulky Jesus Christ medallion and Cuban link gold chain from his neck before forcefully ripping off a lighter Cuban link chain and shooting Reyes in the forehead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reyes described the robber as a young dark-skinned male with a black ski mask, a white tank top and light blue jeans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident is currently an ongoing investigation, said Opa-Locka Police Chief James Dobson. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reyes was born on Oct. \u00a031, 1998. He has always felt a compelling passion for sports, mainly basketball. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt kept me off the street and out of trouble,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cI live in a bad neighborhood. So, there\u2019s nothing good. If you\u2019re not playing ball, you\u2019re doing bad stuff. That was my distraction.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reyes graduated from Miami Senior High School in 2017 and was captain of the men\u2019s basketball team. He played with his teammates six hours a day, every day, during the season to prepare for games. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until the shooting, Reyes had continued to play basketball every day with his friends at Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Park in Little Havana. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe is a very close friend,\u201d said Clemin Aliva. \u201cI can\u2019t believe someone would shoot my friend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reyes began taking classes at the Wolfson and Eduardo J. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Padr\u00f3n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Campuses in the fall of 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI wanted to start my career,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cI\u2019ve always liked kids and being around them.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He aspires to be a physical education teacher for high school students. Reyes has helped \u00a0raise and take care of several of his nephews and nieces, further propelling his passion for working with kids. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the shooting, Reyes planned to begin his bachelor\u2019s degree in education at MDC this summer. But because of the incident, he has been confined to bed rest for a month; he still gets headaches, chronic dizziness when he stands for too long and blurred vision throughout the day. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Reyes plans to continue his studies this fall. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI feel like I was born that day again,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cNot a lot of people can live after getting shot in the head. I appreciate everything more. Everything. Just waking up, eating, having family members.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If anyone has information about the shooting, they can contact Opa-Locka Police Chief James Dobson at (305) 681-1033. Reyes\u2019 family has set up a GoFundMe account to help pay for his medical bills at: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/jrae98-head\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.gofundme.com\/jrae98-head<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Reyes meticulously selected his graduation outfit days before he was expected to walk across the stage at the University of Miami Watsco Center. \u00a0 Reyes, a 20-year-old education major at Miami Dade College, planned to wear a white long sleeve dress shirt, navy pants and tan shoes to receive his associate in arts degree. 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