18-year-old shot during Sunday's protests shares what he heard, saw The 18-year-old shot during the Milwaukee protests Sunday night says the bullet is still lodged in his neck. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT HE IS RECOVERING THAT BULLET , STILL LODGED IN HIS NECK. THIS IS WHERE THE BULLET IS RIGHT NOW, AND SLOWLY IT SHOULD BE MOVING OUT MORE AND MORE. >> DOCTORS TELL BEN OLSON HE'S SHOT IN THE NECK DURING SUNDAY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE SHOT IN THE NECK DURING SUNDAY, NIGHT'S UNREST IN MILWAUKEE. I HEARD NO GUNSHOTS, SO EVERYTHING CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE. >> OLSON SAYS HE WAS DROPPING OFF A FRIEND AFTER ATTENDING STATE FAIR WHEN THEY SAW THE CROWDS NEAR SHERMAN AND BURLEIGH AND DECIDED TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. >> ALL THAT WAS GOING ON WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THROWING BRICKS AND OTHER ITEMS AT POLICE, BUT NO VIOLENCE BETWEEN CITIZENS AT ALL. >> MOMENTS LATER, THE BULLET ENTERED HIS NECK. HE EVENTUALLY ENDED UP ON THE STEPS OF A NEARBY HOME BEFORE HELP ARRIVED. >> YOU COULD SEE THE POLICE WHEN THEY REALIZED, MOVING OVER AND MAKING A CIRCLE AROUND ME, BROUGHT ME BACK TO THE TRUCK. >> HE WAS RELEASED FROM FROEDTERT HOSPITAL EARLY MONDAY MORNING NOW RECOVERING AT HOME. ,>> LUCKILY THE ONLY THING THAT GOT HIT WAS A SMALL PIECE OF MY VERTEBRAE, WHICH CAUSED SOME NUMBNESS TO MY HANDS. >> DOCTORS SAY THEY'LL REMOVE THE BULLET SOMETIME SOON, AND HE

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