MILWAUKEE (AP) - The teen shot in the neck during weekend violence in a Milwaukee neighborhood is out of the hospital.

Ben Olson tells WISN-TV (https://bit.ly/2bGsLkZ ) the bullet remains lodged in the back of his neck. Olson says doctors have told him he’s lucky to be alive.

The 18-year-old says he was dropping off a friend after attending State Fair Sunday when they saw the crowd gathering and decided to check it out.

Olson says he didn’t hear any gunshots at the scene, so the shooting caught him by surprise. He says police officers surrounded him on the steps of a nearby home, brought him to their armored vehicle and took him to the hospital.

The teen says the bullet hit a portion of his vertebrae and he has some numbness in his hands as a result.

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Information from: WISN-TV, https://www.wisn.com

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