“He sees a lady being attacked. He hears screaming. He begins chasing him, yells my title. I observe go well with as a result of we’re not gonna let this stand,” he mentioned.
Shortly Suljovic mentioned they obtained into an altercation with the lads.
“I might nonetheless do it tomorrow, even within the state I’m in now,” he mentioned. “Sufficient is sufficient. Individuals have to start out taking town again. We do. As a result of there’s too many individuals on the market—there’s animals on the market, and there is a variety of good folks that supersede that. We will take this again. We will make this metropolis nice once more.”
Suljovic, who has been at Elmhurst Hospital since Saturday, suffered a punctured lung and fractured rib after he and his father Cazim have been stabbed attempting to assist Hee Chen. His father was stabbed 9 instances; he has a punctured lung because of this.
Officials said Chen was being robbed when the 2 males left the pizza store to come back to her help.
“They stabbed us, like they stabbed the girl. Poor, defenseless Asian girl that was simply going residence. As a result of they’re cowards. Now, folks like us who are usually not cowards, we combat again,” Suljovic mentioned.
“It would not make a distinction if it was my finest buddy or not, you understand? It was a lady that was in want and that did not need to be stabbed and robbed from, as a result of some perps thought she was a mushy goal as a result of she was an older Asian girl,” he added.
Regardless of his accidents, Suljovic mentioned, “I might do it tomorrow once more, doesn’t make a distinction. Sufficient’s sufficient.”
“Don’t be scared to assist someone,” Suljovic mentioned. “Don’t decide up your cellphone to document, decide up the cellphone to name 911 and to become involved. The extra folks become involved, the much less doubtless individuals are to do it.”
A GoFundMe page has been set as much as assist pay for medical bills and employees members whereas the daddy and son duo are hospitalized and the restaurant is closed.
In accordance with police, two assailants, 30-year-old Robert Whack and 18-year-old Supreme Gooding, have been arrested. They famous that Whack was in possession of “a considerable amount of heroin.”
Each males have been charged with theft, assault, gang assault, and legal possession of a weapon. Whack was additionally charged with the second case of assault and two instances of legal possession of a managed substance, authorities mentioned.
The third assailant within the assault stays at giant.
