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5-Year-Old Boy Shot 5 Times Survives Massacre

MIRACLE

Rylan Ward is out of surgery, his family says.

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SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas—One of the children shot in the First Baptist Church Massacre is out of surgery after he was shot five times. Rylan Ward, 5, is in critical condition at a San Antonio hospital and on a breathing tube, his cousin told The Daily Beast. Ward was shot once in the elbow, twice in the stomach, and twice in the leg. Ward was with his stepmother, who was killed by gunfire. Ward’s family is raising money for his recovery on GoFundMe. — Matt Briscoe

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