DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A local teen shot in the head at close range is now sharing his story of survival.
Malik Golar stood in front of dozens Sunday at Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur where he received a standing ovation.
His church community and family call him a miracle.
Golar told Channel 2’s Rikki Klaus that as he felt his life slipping away, he was determined to survive.
On June 6, Golar was sitting in a car with one of his best friends outside his mom's home in DeKalb County.
Police say Jamal Kerns shot Golar in the head. Golar said he spent a month in the hospital, unable to walk and speak at first.
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"Being shot in the head and then being alive, self-determination kicks in again. Like, 'I'm not going to die. I've got to stay here, and I've got to prevail through this,'" Golar told Klaus.
Kerns is also facing charges in his cousin Keschon Kerns' murder from May.
Doctors said it's a miracle Golar survived. His message to church members: Prayer is powerful.
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