Teen accused of shooting cyclist with shotgun was blowing off steam
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On June 7, when 42-year-old Alonso Solis was bicycling down the 6300 block of East Riverside Drive, he was hit by a random shotgun blast that has caused irreparable damage.
When he was rushed to the hospital, medical staff said pellets entered his brain stem, which could have killed him. But after one surgery and one more coming up, Solis survived, but the road to recovery will be a long one.
“Yeah, I’m pretty down right now, I feel pretty sad, I didn’t do anything to deserve this,” Solis said.
Solis said he was biking to the store just before midnight when he felt as though he was having a heart attack. He woke up in the hospital nearly two days later, and doesn’t remember anything about how he got the pellet wounds to his head, neck, and back.
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The alleged assailant, such a wonderful example of humanity:
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I hope he spends many years in jail and his victim gets the help he needs. 
Even with the shotgun it was an act of cowardice.
