Will Hammond was shot in the chest when he and his mom were carjacked as they left work together last week.
DEER PARK, Texas — A pair of blood-stained sneakers remain a rather morbid reminder of the night 16-year-old Will Hammond could have easily lost his young life.
“I am fortunate,” Hammond said. “The Lord helped me a lot.”
He’s now home from the hospital with bandages covering a bullet’s entry and exit wounds in his chest and back.
“It went in between my fifth and sixth rib,” Hammond said.
Hammond is considered a hero after police said he was shot while protecting his mother — both of whom had just left work together late last Tuesday night when a carjacking suspect confronted them in Deer Park.
“I wasn’t looking for that,” Hammond said. “I didn’t know any of this was going to happen. All I was doing was helping my mom out.”
“All I was doing was helping my mom out.” 16 year-old …