3 YEAR OLD SHOT IN FACE BY THUGS

A 3-year-old boy who survived being shot in the face during a mass shooting at a Chicago basketball court is already smiling and singing again less than two weeks later. Little Deonta Howard didn’t let a bandage covering his upper lip hide his smile as he grasped Bryon Champ, 21; David Logan, 22 (not shown) were aiming at rival gang members when Deonta Howard got shot.Just 11 days earlier, Deonta and 12 other people were wounded when gun fire erupted at the popular Cornell Square Park. Five young men have since been charged in the shooting, which remarkably took no lives. Police say Bryon Champ, 21; Tabari Young, 22; Brad Jett, 22; David Logan, 22, and Kewane Gatewood, 20, were aiming at rival gang members when they opened fire Sept 19. Instead, the tiny toddler became caught in their violent crossfire, with a bullet piercing behind his ear and through part of his jaw. Keshawnda Green, 18, who was shot twice in the foot herself, recalled to ABC7 last week that she saw the boy standing in the open not knowing what was going on as everyone else around him ran for cover. “He’s just standing there, so I just grabbed him and tried to dive on the ground,” she said. “I couldn’t do much, but I did the best I could.” Deonta’s mother, 24-year-old Shamarah Leggett, described her son as “strong.” It’s a character she’s now trying to emulate herself. “He’s doing better than I expected. He’s moving around, playing,” she told DNA Info, Chicago. “He’s back to Deonta.” The 3-year-old is expected to undergo surgeries until he’s 13 to repair his face. His mother told DNA Info that the bullet failed to cause any internal injuries to his brain.Young and Jett have been charged with three counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. Champ, Gatewood, and Logan also face charges. God is GOOD!