whereas if they hadn t have found this, we probably nould not be. this definitely could have killed him. you can see jeremy has had some partial paralysis. he s got some hearing loz and vision problems. but the doctors hope that s temporary. he still have two more surgery to go. as for the suspect, he was caught on surveillance camera. but they still have not captured this guy at all. he s said to be between 23 and 33 years old, a black male. the willie family knows this guy likely saved jeremy s life but they still want him captured and they want him prosecuted. gretchen. wow. what a twist of fate. all right. thank you so much. so, a small town slaps a wounded war vet with fines for keeping therapy pets. well now he s afraid the town may tell him to get the ducks out of here. we re going to talk to him live. starts with back pain.
more on this story. reporter: you talk about timing being everything. this happened at 4:30 in the morning, the suspect walk in and the 30-year-old manager on duty at the time. he says the suspect went right back to his office, he had a gun in his hand, he tied him up and another employee and pistol whipped both of them. he hit willie twice in the hand. jeremy willie was rushed to the hospital because he had a severe gash on his head. doctors stitched him up and they gave him a cat scanned which revealed a golf ball size tumor on his brain. instead of dying, which the doctors say he shortly would have done, he s now being treated. listen. i had one surgery already, they removed 40% of it. that s all they could do at one time. our family gets to be a whole family for a very long time now.
helicopter. we just have not seen it, and we don t have more information, and when we get more information, we ll bring it to you right away. a robber saved the life of a convenience owner after he severely beat a guy in the head with his gun. that s according to the victim s doctors. while they treated the man for an injuries, they discovered a massive brain tumor. how long before the brain tumor might have killed him? not long, shep. if they had not found it when they did, this 30 -year-old jeremy william would have gone to sleep one night and not woke up. when they stitched up his head, they did a cat scan and found a golf ball sized tumor on his ear near the left ear. listen now to jeremy willie. they said that there was a lot of activity around it because it was pretty big. everyone wanted to see it.