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Moegamat Faizel Challis (12) who was described as \u201ca joy\u201d and the \u201clife of the party\u201d had his life cut tragically short when he was hit in the head by a stray bullet.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faizel\u2019s uncle, Jodian Challis, said the boy was still spreading joy moments before he was hit on Thursday 2 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challis, who was at work when his nephew was hit, said his sister told him everything later that evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said Faizel had already collected his party packet from the neighbours who were doing good deeds on the anniversary of their loved one\u2019s death. He returned home to fetch his little brother and sister who are seven and five years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Moegamat
Moegamat Faizel Challis died from a gun shot wound to the head last week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy sister told him to wait while she put on her shoes,\u201d Challis said, adding that the children were too impatient to wait and left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy sister heard three gun shots,\u201d Challis said. \u201cShe ran out because she knew they had just left the house. The two little ones came running to her saying: \u201cMammie, mammie! Dis Faizel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challis said the gunmen fired four shots, one which hit Faizel and another which hit another man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe other man that was shot was with the man that they came to shoot,\u201d he said. \u201cThe one gang member was looking for another gang member and they came around the corner and just started opening fire. They fired four shots and the last bullet hit Faizel\u2019s skull.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faizel was rushed to hospital where he was put in an induced coma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe doctors said they were afraid the bullet had reached an artery,\u201d Challis said. \u201cThey wanted to remove the bullet but they weren\u2019t sure if it would paralyse him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challis said doctors opted to keep Faizel in an induced coma on life support while they drained the fluid on his brain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first, Faizel seemed to be doing better but then at about noon on Friday his condition deteriorated, Challis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was very traumatic,\u201d Challis said, explaining that 10 years ago his mother was also hospitalised and had started improving before her health deteriorated suddenly and she died. “Early this afternoon, after a round of tests, Faizel was declared brain dead,” Challis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broken<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never saw my sister so broken. We have been through hell and back as a family,\u201d he said, explaining that the siblings had had a very \u201cdifficult\u201d upbringing. \u201cBut today broke me. Just to see the hurt in my sister\u2019s eyes, pleading for this lifeless body to come back. It was more traumatic than when my mother passed away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challis is disheartened that witnesses have not come forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMoira Street is very small,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you look out of your kitchen window, you can see the whole street but everyone saw nothing. No one wants to speak up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the silence is why victims don\u2019t find justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want my sister to find peace. I don\u2019t know how any mother can recover from this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the silence from witnesses, Challis said the family has had a lot of support and he was surprised by how many people knew his nephew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFaizel was such an adventurous boy. He was the joy in the house,\u201d he said, adding that his nephew would do \u201csilly dances\u201d to diffuse conflict and that he was always \u201cmaking jokes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople who know me have been calling all day and when I ask, \u2018how do you know my nephew?\u2019 they say, \u2018he helped me in the garden\u2019 or \u2018he was always at the youth\u2019. For a 12-year-old to have had that much impact \u2026\u201d he said, breaking off with emotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitchell\u2019s Plain police commander Brig Brian Muller said a manhunt is underway to find the shooter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve spoken to the boy\u2019s father who said he evicted him two weeks ago,\u201d he said of the shooter. \u201cWe are still looking for him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faizel will be buried this evening (Monday 6 October).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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