Devante Taylor has spent the last two months in hospital after receiving life-altering injuries from a shooting that happened in Rexdale on Jan. 15.
Venetia Tulloch, Taylor’s mother, said he was driving his three-year-old nephew home when he was shot.
“I was getting ready to take my grandson home. He said, ‘Mom, you’re tired. I’ll do it,’” said Taylor’s mother.
“He parked outside and that was it. He left, and the next thing, I get a call from the police saying that he was shot.”
Police were initially called on scene to respond to a collision near Kipling Avenue and Henley Crescent, but when they arrived they found Taylor in the vehicle with a gunshot wound to the neck.
The three-year-old was unharmed, but Taylor is now paralyzed from the neck down, Tulloch said, adding she has not left her son’s side since the incident happened.
“I live at the hospital. There is no day and no night. I’m just there. He’s helpless. I can’t help him. I just have to sit there and watch him suffer,” she said.
Police are still investigating the shooting and no suspects have been located.
Meanwhile, Tulloch said five days after the shooting, she received a letter from Toronto Hydro informing her she would have to pay for damage done to a street lamp.
“It was a letter in the mail about paying for the light post,” she said. “They said it would go through my insurance.”
Global News contacted Toronto Hydro for information. Due to the weekend, they were unable to provide a detailed response, but will provide an update on Monday.
Tulloch said she and her family are now searching for answers around who is responsible for her son’s injuries.
“Somebody saw something. Somebody knows what’s going on,” she said. “Nobody came forward.”