A Philadelphia student who was the target of a shooting in February was denied access to both his senior prom and high school graduation. Dashawn Walker was shot 10 times after leaving the Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School of Philadelphia on Feb. 21, with the wounds breaking his legs’ bones and ripping through his intestines.

Miraculously, his teachers and counselors helped the teen through remote schooling so he could finish his final year at MCSCS through a harrowing journey to recovery. However, the gun violence survivor was deemed to be the target of the shooting in his neighborhood by police, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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