Gabriel Eslami, 24, was waiting with friends in line to get into Hush, a hookah and cigar lounge in Five Points South, when the unthinkable happened.
Gabriel Eslami had spent Saturday with former Clay-Chalkville High School classmates at a reunion when they decided to continue the celebration in Birmingham’s Southside.
“We were kind of far back in the line,’’ said Eslami, who explained he was standing near 20th Street which is a half-block away from the lounge’s front entrance. That friend, JaMarlin Sewell, had been grazed in the arm and picked up Eslami and carried him to a bench.Sewell got Eslami situated, and then went to get his car to take Eslami to UAB Hospital.Sewell rushed Eslami to UAB Hospital. The bullet, he said, entered his left buttock and exited through the front of his body, narrowly missing a main artery.
“I purposely stay away from those areas, but Five Points is usually a nice area,’’ he said. “There’s always officers patrolling, and I had heard Hush had good security.”“I never thought I would be a victim,’’ Eslami said. “I’m just blessed beyond blessed I got out of there with minimal injuries compared to other people.”
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