From a wheelchair inside Medical City McKinney Tuesday afternoon, Irvin Walker, a survivor of the mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets, talked about his recovery and experience of survival.
"The power of God just showed brightly and gave me an opportunity to fight through this process and evil is not going to win," said Walker, 46, as he sat next to the doctor who treated him and his attorney.when a gunman opened fireWalker lives in Lewisville but is originally from Lafayette, Louisiana. He is the father of an adult daughter and works in the insurance industry. He said had just dropped off his girlfriend at a store at the mall because it was so busy.
He said he was running, which turned into jogging and walking and LaCour told him to sit down due to his injuries.Walker said he had never been shot before and spoke about how he relied on his faith to get him through the tragedy and the days after. She said he didn't need surgery immediately on that Saturday, but was given a CT scan to see how deep the bullet wounds were. Kim said there were several bullet fragments they were extremely worried about.
Walker remains at the hospital and will now begin his rehabilitation process. Medical City McKinney said they're still taking care of three other patients from the shooting."I believe you give love, you get love, and that is why I am here today," he said. "On May 6, in a matter of minutes, our community was shaken and lives were changed forever. A matter of minutes could have altered the course of my life. My family and I had just gotten home from the Allen mall when I received the notification that there was a shooting there. And after the fact, I learned that we had walked the exact same path that the shooter had gone less than an hour before.
"You had a smile there that I saw when I came in that room, it really was one of the bright parts of that day, you were calm and an inspiration for me," said Kim to Walker who replied with a"Thank You" during the news conference.
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