Locked In with Ian Bick - Inside My Mother’s Brutal Plan to Have Me Killed | Shocking True Crime Story | Rico

Episode Date: January 30, 2025

Rico is a Brooklyn, New York, resident who survived a harrowing attempt on his life orchestrated by his mother and her boyfriend. On September 4, 2022, he was shot, resulting in the loss of his left kidney and spleen. This traumatic event led to significant personal hardships, including the loss of his job, car, and apartment. Despite these challenges, Federico remains resilient, focusing on rebuilding his life and supporting his family. #TrueCrime #CrimeStory #MurderPlot #FamilyBetrayal #ShockingTruth #SurvivalStory #CrimeDocumentary #realcrimestory Thank you to MAGIC MIND & ORGAIN for sponsoring today’s episode: Magic Mind: Visit https://www.magicmind.com/ianbickjan to get 45% off the Magic Mind Bundle! Orgain: For 30% off your order, head to https://Orgain.com/IANBICK and use code IANBICK.   Connect with Rico: https://www.instagram.com/therealneedacheck?igsh=aGowZXczenByMjhh&utm_source=qr Support him: https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-ricos-medical-bills?attribution_id=undefined&utm_campaign=unknown&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=website_widget Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://www.ianbick.com/shop Use code lockedin at checkout to get 20% off your order Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome to Locked In: Rico's Introduction 00:04:31 Navigating Fatherhood and Parental Absence 00:09:13 Growing Up with Abandonment and Resilience 00:14:11 Discover the Benefits of High-Protein Shakes with Orgain 00:18:41 Family Betrayal and Legal Struggles 00:23:26 Family Conflict and Legal Troubles 00:27:56 Family Struggles and Financial Manipulation 00:32:27 Toxic Family Dynamics and Betrayal 00:36:57 Family Conflict and Unexpected Life Insurance Discovery 00:41:34 The Dramatic Home Intrusion and Struggle 00:46:18 False Accusations and Hospital Ordeal 00:50:45 Misunderstood and Mistreated Gunshot Victim Experience 00:55:21 Family Turmoil and Hospitalization 00:59:36 Family Silence and Isolation After Trauma 01:03:50 Surviving a Life-Threatening Experience 01:08:36 Personal Growth and Reflection 01:13:15 Farewell and Safe Travels Wishes Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Book now at Vigyairways.com or contact your local travel agent. Conditions apply. Rico, welcome to Lockton, man, straight from New York City. I hope you had a good trip up here and welcome to the show. Nice to have. Thank you for having me. Yeah, you have an interesting story, man. When you first sent me the pictures, man, and we'll get all into that, you know, in the episode.

It's not your typical story. You hear every day. I don't even think we've heard a story like this on the show. So I'm grateful that you chose this platform to share it. This is your first time ever doing a podcast, right? No, I did one before. I did one before. Okay.

Yeah, but I'm not really like. Well, the first time you said with like a microphone, I think. Oh, with a microphone right here, yeah, like that. Like this setup? Yeah. I like it, though. Here in the hot seat. I feel at home.

Awesome. Thank you. Before we get started, I got a magic mine energy performance shot there for you. It's right next to you. Magic Mind has been a huge partner in the show. They send us a bunch of these, like, energy shots. Yeah. A mental performance shot.

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And I take these before every interview. So if you want it, you're welcome to have it. Oh. Yeah, yeah. You don't have to have it. But yeah. I have going to drink right now. Let's go.

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And then when Magic Mine was like, hey, we'd love to send you some and try. I was like, these are good. But you got to drink it cold for the best effect. Yeah. So shout out to Magic Mind, Ian Bick, Jan, you know, to grab it. We'll have the link in the bio too. For sure. Definitely.

So did you grow up in New York City? Yeah, I grew up in New York City. I lived in Brooklyn my whole life. Grew up in like a single-parent household. You know, it was just me and my mom for the most part. My dad, he was like not really in my life. But he would, like, come stop by, like, mostly, you know, to, like, mess with my mom and stuff like that. But it wasn't really, like, for me, you know, like, no real father figured it, you know.

Any siblings? Yeah, I got three sisters now. Oh, you're the only boy. I'm the only boy. I'm the only boy in the family. Only besides your dad. Yeah, besides my dad. But, like, it's no, like, I don't have any, like, no boy cousins.

None of that. It's just a bunch of girls. Was that hard on you growing up? And I'm the oldest, too. So, no, it wasn't really, like... I mean, I guess sometimes it was, like, I got nobody to really, like, talk to or run to, like, as my... Because all my cousins are, like, younger, you know?

So it was just, like, pretty much me, for the most part. What'd your mom do for work? My mom, my mom worked in the hospital. She was, like, a... She wasn't, like, a nurse and assistant or something. that that's what she was doing. What about your dad? I know he wasn't really in the picture.

My dad was like, he was in the streets. Like, he was like, um, selling drugs and things like that, things of that nature. Like, would your mom tell you about him when you were young? When I was younger, like, my mom used to keep me from him. Like, she, um, she didn't really want me around him. Like, because he was like, in a lot of beef and a lot of stuff in the streets. Like, he was shot. you know he had a lot of bad things like you know happened to him so so she need want me she

didn't want me around him you know for that but you know now that I'm older like I can see like you can't just make me not be I have two kids on my own so I like you can't keep me from my kids like if I want to see my kids I'm gonna find a way to see my kids you know he kind of was like you know not really checking for me you know do you understand looking back on the now why she did that though I understand why she did that honestly honestly honestly And if the roles were reversed, don't you think you might do the same thing if you had, say, like, a... Yeah, but it's also, like, I look at it like... He wasn't, like, pointing in the effort anyways, neither, too, like, you know?

Like, you got kids? No. I want kids, though. Yeah, but, like, if you had kids and you would see, like, she can't... The mother of your kids can't stop you from, you know, seeing your kids, you know? You're going to try to be there, you know? and he wasn't really he wasn't doing that

I would the way I would see my father like we would just be walking somewhere or driving somewhere and we'd just see him from my tour you just saw a drug so you'd be in the corner you'd just see him

oh yeah oh that shit that right there how'd that make you feel I mean it'll be like once in the blue moon I see him and he would he would

when he would see me he would take me and buy me like a pair of sneakers but that would be be like once every like six months or every year like I would we just ran into one into you know you ever start to have resentment towards him it's crazy because um I kind of wanted to be like him at one point in my life in a strange way like when he did when he would come around he would come around with stuff so he wouldn't come around empty they'd come around

sneakers or or or he just you know I think I wanted to be like him at one point like the respect he did get like from other people the love he got from other people you know I I think I wanted that at one point in my life you know you know how do your sisters feel about that about the relationship with um we all we all got different fathers oh you're all yeah we all got different fathers so they don't they ain't really like know my dad were their fathers at all in the picture at all? None of us. Wow.

It's crazy. What does that make you think about, like, the relationship with your mom and them and these fathers, like, seeing that common theme? I know it could have been, it was hard on her. I know it was hard on her, you know, trying to, like, raise these kids, and then it's like, this is what you keep happening to you, and, like, they're leaving you. So, like, growing up, I never resented my mom. Like, I loved my mom.

I respect them my mom. There was nothing I wouldn't do. to protect my mom. Because growing up, I seen like a lot of domestic violence. Like, different men come and put their hands on my mother, disrespect my mother. And I'm the oldest, I told you. So I used to have to, like, try to defend my mom

and fight bigger guys. And, you know, I'm eight years old, grabbing, you know, trying to do something to protect my mom. Because the one thing my dad always told me, my dad wasn't really there, but the one thing he did tell him, it was like, oh, he's partaking mom, partaking mom.

And I lived by that, you know? Yeah. Was there any other father figure in your life, like an uncle? Yeah, I had an uncle. I got an uncle. He was actually supposed to be here today. That's crazy.

He would have loved the whole setup. He would have loved the whole setup. Yeah, shout out to Tim. He didn't come. He was busy working. Did he go to prison? Yeah, I believe. Yeah, I think so.

to come on the show. Yeah, he would have loved it. He would have loved it. Well, you got to make sure to send him this interview after and show him the pictures. For sure. He's going to like it. Do you guys struggle financially because it was a single parent household? Yeah, you know, growing up in the hood, you know, single parent household.

It's tough, you know. That also made me, like, you know, respect my mom because I'll see how hard she would try. But at the same time, it's like... She had me young. She had me at 17. She had my like 17, so she was still trying to be a mother, but also be like a woman, you know what I'm trying to say? So it would be different men coming around, different guys coming around,

and I would see this. And she wouldn't really show me love at the time because me and my sister were like 10 years apart. So it was just me and her. So she wouldn't really show me that love, like, to put me in my room or lock me in the room or something like that. And she would just do whatever she's doing. And it's just, you know, just leave me there, you know. Stuff like that.

How old was she when she had you? Like, like, 17. 17. Yeah. So she dealing with, like, my dad being, like, her first love to just leave him. Leaving with another woman. And then she's trying to raise me. by herself, you know?

Did it make you feel unloved to abandon? Um, yeah, but at that time, like, I kind of thought everybody's life was like, like this, you know? You a kid, you don't, you don't know too much, you know? Did you have friends that were dealing with similar situations? It's crazy, I didn't, but like, all my friends, like, had their dad, so I would grow up seeing, and my friends had had a dad. But, like, her friends, like, her friends, like, her friends, or she went to school with her, whatever. When they had kids, it was that broken homes.

So that was the norm, like, you know, just you and your mom. Did she have a young single friend moms coming over to that? Yeah, and there. So it would be things like that, like, just, you know. So you thought it was normal, too, that they're all. I thought it was normal, like, you know, like, for whatever reason, their dad's not there. I thought it was normal. What did your friends say to you about the situation?

As I got old, that kind of realized, like, This shit is not normal. Like, you know, I started, like, you know, asking questions like, man with my dad, like, you know, why he ain't coming over, like, you know, like, things like that, like, you know, my friends will be, you know, I don't know. My friends kind of always, they always, they never really like made fun of me me or nothing for that, you know. It wasn't anything like that.

How would your friends describe you as a kid if we had, like, your closest childhood best friends here? I think I'm a good friend. I'm a great friend. They would say, they say positive things. I'm a great friend. Like, if you're my friend, like, I got, I got, like, I want attachment issues. Like, I'll say that.

Like, if we're close, we're friends, we're friends. Like, I'm not going to do you wrong. You know what I'm saying? I'm there for you. We're friends. That word friend, that's a big word. I learned that's a big word, you know. Not everybody could, you could just, you know,

not everybody could just be your friend. What do you learn about the word friend? What does being a friend mean to you? Being a friend to me, like, just be real with me. Same love I show you, show me. You know, show me the same love, you know? Be able to count on each other, motivate each other, things like that. Do you think you were giving your friends the love that you were lacking in your household?

Yeah, because at one point all I had was my friends, like outside. I used to be outside with my friends. All I had was my friends. All I had was that, like, that crowd. And I thought that was my family. I thought that was everything. Were you actively going to school? Yeah.

I was going to school. I ended up dropping out in, like, high school. I used to have to take it my sister. My sister, I tell you, me a 10 years apart. So she had the baby. She will work. I'll have to take my sister to the daycare, go to school, come home, pick her up,

and stay with her. My mom would work 16 hours a day. So I have to watch my sister, take care of my sister. That's why me and her so close now. You know, she's 19 now. But, yeah, like, I'll have to take her my sister, you know. And growing up, that's all I ever did.

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and use my code Ian Bick at checkout. Don't wait, fuel up and thank me later. Now let's get back into today's episode. Did you feel like there was a lot of pressure on you? Like more so than other kids? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I knew it was.

I knew my life was different. You know? Like, I knew I had to be more responsible than others. Like other kids, because after school they go go play basketball and do certain things. I could do that too sometimes.

Don't get me wrong. majority time I got around home, I go get my sister. I go take it my sister, you know? Did you ever express that frustration to your mom? Yeah, but, you know, when you growing up like that, and my family's panning me and my family, they come from Panama. So that's like a third world country. So to them, like anything here is better to them.

So me having to take it in my sister and me, like me trying to complain, I used to never complain, but me trying to complain, like we all took care of our sisters, our siblings. That's what you got to do, you know? So you can't really, you can't really, like, complain. Who are you going to complain to? You know? So I just stopped, I used to stop, I never used to complain.

I never used to say none. A lot of things that was going on in the house, like abuse and, you know, a lot of shit. You know, my mom would be me, Denver. I used to feel like she would take certain things out on me, like, you know, the situation with my father, um, relationships with different men, she just take it out on me and not, like, for no reason. Like, so we, we kind of grew up like, like that, like, you know, and I can't tell nobody. Like, who's, who I'm gonna tell? Can't tell nobody. Did you ever have teachers or counselors, like, kind of wonder why you just dropped out of school

or take a care for you or anything? Yeah, when I was in high school, um, because I was cool, everybody, like, I was on, I used to talk to all the girls and, you know, just be cool, like, you know, I was friends with everybody. I never had a fight problem in school, nothing. It was just, you know, cool. Like, in high school, I was just, you know. But then it was too much, and then my mom wasn't buying me, like, no clothes, no gear. Not only high school was, like, middle school and stuff like that, she just, like, stop buying me stuff.

Stop really taking care of me. So at that point, it was just, like, you know, like, fuck this shit, like, you know? I got to leave her. every day I gotta go get my sister every day. It's like, I don't, you know, I just stopped, I stopped going, stop going, you know. Why do you think you didn't go down the same path as your dad as a teenager when you were probably, you know,

the most vulnerable to growing up. I wanted to be just like my dad, you know? I wanted to be just like my dad. I had respect for my dad. What happened was, it's a situation that happened that drew me away from my dad. That made me not, you know. When I was like 17, 18 years old, I was walking down,

Flybush and Snyder. Anybody that's from Brooklyn ain't known, Flybush and Snyder. I'm going to be walking down. I went my friend, and I'm going to go get these sneakers, the flu games, the Black and Razz. So I'm walking, and I've seen my dad. I haven't seen him in years, a long time. So it was weird.

So when I saw him, I'm like, yo, what's up? He hits me. like front of everybody just hit me. I'm like, what the fuck? Like, you know? So I grab him. I'm holding him. We tussling, we grab,

tussling, whatever. He pushes me off. And now I'm hurt, you know? I'm with my friend. He's with his wife. I'm hurt. I'm like, nah, bro. Like, what the hell?

Like, you didn't raise me? He wasn't there for me. I didn't do nothing to you. They just going to put your hands on me. Like, bro, you crazy, bro, you know? So now I was like, we find him. whatever. He kind of got the better than me. He was old,

the strong or whatever. So I went, um, my way, he went his way. I come home, crying hurt, you know, I'm like, oh, like, this thinga, just beat me up. Like, for no reason. That's not even the worst of it, you know? Cool, couple days later, I'm on my way to work. I was working out, Fresh Direct. I hated that job, bro. I was working Fresh Direct. I'm on my way to work. the Warren squad come to my door. They knock down my

like knocking on the door so I run back upstairs and I tell my mom I say oh there's a man police at the door and then she's like alright you did

like you did some I was like no I ain't do nothing she's like if you ain't do nothing just come on so I go downstairs by time we make it back downstairs they end the building inside

so when they see me they grab me throw me on the ground harass me what I'm being arrested for from the saw and a robbery robbery I ain't never steal from nobody

I never take nothing from nobody you know so I get to the station whatever they tell me my father pressed charges on me he said I beat him up I robbed him

and he was scared for his life that crushed me you know I'm fighting this case for like a year for a crime I did not commit you know

I ended up taking a plea deal on this, bro, because I had a baby on the way, my son. And I ended up, like, I ain't had no money, no lawyer on nothing. So I ended up taking a plea deal for this. And when you take a plea deal, you know how it is to take a plea deal. You have to admit guilt to take a plea deal. You don't just take a plea deal. You got to, are you taking this plea deal

because you, in fact, did the crime that you're being accused of? And I had to stand right there. Yes. when I never I didn't do it we had a fight yes wasn't nothing more than that that's what you see this picture right here that's this picture

that was you that was me you look wild in that picture crazy crazy that's that you know what I'm saying you know that shows something right then in there too because

that picture I'm sure made it on the news and if it didn't there's so many pictures that are like that where it shows someone in like their worst moment and you're not that, you know, same person. You look like Killer Kai did that, you know? It looked like I did it. You look like I did it.

Yeah. It looked like I did it. That's what goes out to people. Imagine he went to trial and the jury saw that? That's the thing. That's a thing. He had his wife, his wife made a statement. So his wife made a statement.

He made a statement. My friend, you know, young black, you ain't making no stem. You don't want to make no label cinch. Cool. So that's why I really copped out too because it was like, I didn't want to like gamble with that, you know? And he broke his own street code.

If he was out on the street, you know, he never should have pressed charges. He'd been, he been did that. He was actually involved when I had to be maybe like like five, six or four or five. And he was in a club. And he had this, so the whole time my mom, my mom was with him. but it was like, you know, on enough whole time he had another woman and another girl. And so now, um, had another girl

and he's beefing with a lot of people. We got a lot of problems in the streets, you know. My dad was always a cocky, arrogant, you know, you're getting money in the streets. You're feeling yourself. So he had some problems with these people. They came in the club, whatever. And they shot them.

So as they shooting, he grabbed the girl. The girl was pregnant. She was pregnant Basically, like She was pregnant And my mom was pregnant Like around the same time Or something like that

So he grabbed her He used it as a shield He used that as a shield Bro It's made the news and everything She died She died And he cooperated with that

He went to She went The guy that did it Went to jail So he bented that shit So when he did it to me I was just hurt Because I'm like

I'm just son I ain't You know what I'm never do to. But he did that to me because my mom moved on. At that time, I guess he really wanted to be with my mom and she moved on already. I was already older 18. She, all that, you know, family is over with it. She moved on. She got another man. And so to her, he hurt me, saw me. And he just did that to me. How'd your mom react to him pressing charges and getting you jammed up in this? She'd act like she was hurt, like she was upset, but life goes,

on. I was thinking about life. When you're in a certain situation, life goes on. People don't care about you like that. Like, you know, they act like they do, but they, life goes on. So did you end up with a felony in the plea deal? Nah, no, no. It was a misdemeanor? Yeah, they knocked it down. Misdemeanor, I ended up doing like 30, 30 days community service. And that's it, you know? And that was like my first, like, arrest, like, someone I didn't, like, I didn't do it. The cops weren't asking you questions, like saying this sounds a little off. It's his own blood father.

Yeah, we have the same exact name. This shit is crazy. But yeah, that's what they did. And they didn't know he was a known guy on the street and they're like, this doesn't add up. Bro, I don't know, bro. I don't know, but you got to understand. He probably, because he also cooperated before. I don't know. Maybe, I don't know.

But that's what they did. They was going very serious with me. I was in Supreme Court for like a year back and full fighting this case. some shit I didn't even do shit is crazy Did you feel like you were following your mom's footstuffs By having a kid so young? Nah

Not really Not really Sometimes it just happens Sometimes it's just happen like that You know Just happen like that I guess Grateful for my son though My daughter though

I got two kids You know I probably wouldn't be a token For them you know A lot of things would be different You know Well they're gonna see this one day and be proud of you for sharing so they can understand.

Hopefully, you know, hopefully, man. It's good to get things out there in your own words, you know. Yeah, hopefully one day, you know, hopefully I could do good for, you know, do good one day. And, you know, they'd be proud, you know, so, you know. So tell us where things escalate with your mother of what happens, why, you know, everything. All right, so after that situation, you know, you know, I got, like I said, I got the baby on the way. I took whatever, a little community service. I'm going through my little thing, whatever.

So I got a baby on the way. I'm working, like, a bullshit-ass job. I got fired from Fresh Direct, so I ended up working out of warehouse. I'm working out of warehouse, barely making money. Now that I'm making some type of money, you got to pay rent. I'm living with my mom. She wants some type of, you know, this ain't free. Like, my mom was always, like, money hungry.

Like, I remember, like, when I turned 18, like, I ended up getting a settlement. because I was like hit by a car Oh wow Yeah I was I'm into a lot of stuff So I got hit by a car So we got a settlement So literally when I turned 18 I remember my mom just taking me straight to the bank

And and She didn't even say happy birthday that day Like she sent me to the bank And she just wanted She wanted her like she was like Yo give her half And I The whole time like when it's coming

up, I know that she want money. I'm like, I don't want to give her, like, you know. I'm like, because you're not taking care of me. Like, I'm fucked up. I ain't got no clothes. I ain't got, I'm wearing, like, the boxes from the gas station, you know. I ain't got no, I'm not getting no money. I'm messed up out here.

Look, look, this is that time. So I'm messed up. So now she come out of nowhere and she's like, yo, she won't, she won't, like, give her this. And I'm just like, yo, this lady's crazy. So what she did was It's how she got me Because I was like, nah I'm like

I'm gonna give you some But nah You ain't about to get You know So what she did was She made a fake eviction letter Now that I got older I know that's what she did

She made a fake eviction letter And she put it Um She put it like by the door Like from the landlord saying you owe Like 7,000 Whatever Um

background. So as we was going out and she's taking me to the bank, she's like, oh, look, she started looking at it and reading it, like, oh, my God. Like, I can have seen like, yo, we don't know where we're going to live. Like, that guilt.

I'm like, bro. At that time, I'm thinking it's rare, though. As I got all that realized, she was lying. It was fake. So, yeah, like, I ended up. We're going to the bank. Is she making a scene there? Like, you have to give me this.

You have to give me that. I remember running away from the bank going on the money. Grandma was like, yo, I'm not doing that. And I ended up going back. She's like, yo, come back. So I went back. And then I just gave it to her, bro.

And I just, you know, I'm like, whatever, leave it alone. So I gave it to her. So I guess she spent the money or she blew the money. Mindy, she had like, like if she was in a relationship with this guy that was in jail that she was taking care of also, she was taking care of the other nigger, giving her money, paying for lawyers, paying for all this. But, you know, I'm not taking care of your son. You know, I take care your son and I'll take care your daughter. We, we had fucked up.

We missing Christmases sometimes. Like, we, we fucked up, you know what I'm saying? You're not doing nothing. You're just taking care of this nigga in jail. She was working 16 hours a day, 16 hours a day, and she wasn't taking care of us, you know? We basically raised ourselves. I basically raised my sister, you know?

So now she goes, she put the thing at the door, whatever. I ended up giving her the money. I'm like, all right, whatever. So now she spends her money. And she comes and she like, she wants more. So I'm like, I don't have any more money to give you, though. I'm not giving you any more money. I bought me a little clothes, whatever.

And she's like, yeah, well, if you don't give me more, you can't stay here. You can't be here. So I'm like, what? You know, literally, she took my clothes, the new clothes I bought and, like, was throwing it, like taking it outside, throwing it. Like, well, you can't be here because you, you got to give me this or you can't be here. Like, and that was my friend. first time ever, like, having, like, some type of money.

And it was the worst feeling I ever felt, like, having that. Like, just knowing, like, yo, I got to sleep with my wallet and my, I sleep with money in my pocket. Like, I'm just, like, you know, I just feel like she's going to, you know, do something. You know? I was, like, the worst feeling, like, just feeling like that, like, you know? It wasn't a good feeling. Hey, honey, are you awake? I am now.

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My grandma knew, but I felt like they knew, but they didn't really take it serious. Like, my mom, my grandma, they knew, but they didn't really take it serious. It was like, um... They was on something like, uh, you know, that's your mom. Bro, you got to respect your mom. That's your mom. It was like she could do no wrong. She'd get away with everything, you know? They started seeing what was going on when it was time to, like, go out or go certain places,

like birthdays. My cousin might have a... birthday party we gotta go and we ain't got no clothes or we gotta go to my own house and my sister we looking all over my sister ain't got no clothes and it fits her you know things like that was it ever a thought to you when you got that money to just move out and leave instead of giving her the money to me honest bro like I was living like at the time like I didn't even think I was gonna live this long brother like I ain't going on like it's just like I never seen past that house When I got older, then I started traveling and going different places.

I started seeing that there's other stuff outside of Brooklyn, there's stuff outside, you know. But I ain't never thought it, you know, I never thought I could be anything. Like, you know, just growing up, I'm just like, I'm living with my mom. I'm going to give me a little job. And that's it. As I got old, I realized there's much more to life, you know. There's much more, you know.

Now I kind of got a little hope for myself, like I could possibly do something, you know. But at that time, I wasn't thinking like that, bro. What happens after that? After she took the money. Basically, I start, I'm bouncing from people houses. I'm living with my grandma for a little bit. I'm living on for a little bit. Back to my mom.

You know, just stuff like that. Yeah, after the situation with my father, me, I kind of got a little close because now we're talking more. We're talking, you know. so and I used to see like guys like put their hands on her like I said and I just always protect her stand up for even as I got old I always stood up for my mom protecting my mom you know and I think she used that to her advantage to her game

like she used that like I know I can control them I know I can make them do whatever and and ended up buying me and I just later on but yeah So she ended up messing with my, with the guy who ended up showing me. That was her boyfriend before. But then, like, they broke up. They got back together. So this time around, like, they together, whatever. And she ended up getting pregnant with my little sister, the youngest one.

So I remember, like, I'm telling her, like, yo, you already got three kids. Like, I'm talking to my mom. Like, she's my, I'm talking to my mom. We grew up so like, like, she's so young, you know? It's more like she's like my sister. And then she wasn't a mother figure, like really a mother figure to me. She was my mother, but it's like she wasn't really there for me. So like, I always like, I'm basically talking about like she's my sister.

I'm like, oh, my, like, you got to be like, be careful. You already got three. We're not in the right position. And then you have, you have, he already got a daughter out here. He don't take care of his other daughter. or make you think you're going to take care of your daughter, you know what I'm saying? As I'm talking about. And she used to be like, yo, stay out my relationship, stay out of my business.

You're telling me mind your business, but when every time you want to heartbreak, you go through a situation, you come to me and you're crying. I got to see you crying. You know what I'm saying? How do you think that makes me feel? I'm your son. I got to clean this up. I'll make you feel better.

I'm going to mom, sorry. Like, you know what I'm saying? It's all right. We good. Like, type of shit I got to do. She ended up having a baby. you know, um,

end up having a baby. But the whole relation was toxic. Like he used to beat her, put hands on her. Like, he used to put the gun on her head. My mom had with the gun on her head and stuff like that.

So what drew the life so always because she stayed out relationship. We've been down this road. I'm already jumping in mad, different fights because of her. So now we've been down, now I've got my own kids. I'm like,

oh, my mom, my mom want to, you know, Do that, that's on her, whatever. Because she keep break up with the nigger, get back with the nigger. You know? So now we live in like a two-family home. Like she's living upstairs. I'm living downstairs.

But this is my apartment. You know, I pay my own rent. We got the same landlord, though. So I'm living there. What drew the line was for me was when he tried to get in the shower with my sister. He tried to get in the bathroom with my sister. My sister was 16 at the time. When he told me that, I flipped, bro.

And we had a fight. I got the better him. I got the better him, you know. You lose a lot. You learn to win. You know what I'm saying? So we had to fight. And now at this point,

like I got the video on everything, bro. Like, like, nigger naked and all that shit, bro. So I'm beating him, beat him up, beating him. My mom defending him. I'm like, yo, he just tried to get in the bathroom with your daughter. Like, he just tried to get in the bathroom with your daughter. she's like, no, that didn't happen. That didn't happen.

She's telling me that shit didn't happen, bro. I'm like, this is crazy. But she knew the nigger was no good because she told her, my sister, like, hey, put this under your pillow. It was a knife. So if you got to tell your daughter to sleep with a knife on her pillow,

you already know, like, this shit ain't, you know, you don't trust them. And that's not the person you should have around your kids, bro. Like, my mom's always always, do that she meet a nigga today she like him he come to the house and y'all can't like women any women that's watching this please protect your kids like don't just have any man or person around your kids bro there's a type of shit that's going on you know so when he when I seen that you try to get a

shout with my sister fight I beat him up right I'm telling him I like yo he got to go like he can't be here he can't fucking be here because I got my own apartment But now my sister's still living there, though. You know? So he's still coming around. He's still staying there and shit changed. But now my sister kind of staying with me. She's kind of sleeping in my apartment.

She'd go back of fourth upstairs. You know, cool. So that fight happened like around December. Around March one day. But before that, I'm sorry. Like, she's basically using this, like, the fight as like a trigger. Like a pushback. Every time they argue, yeah, that's when my son beat you up.

That's what my son fucked you up. She keeps saying these things, you know? I'm not hearing nothing. For a while, I ain't hearing none. I'm thinking, I'm like, oh, I ask my sister, how is everything? Like, you know, what's going up on stairs? You good? No, yeah, you're good.

He don't even look at me anymore. I'm like, all right, good. I'm like, all right. I still don't want him to be there, but I can't, like, I really can't do nothing. You know? So now, like around March, I'm on my, I'm waiting for this check to come in the mail.

So I go to the mail, I'm looking for this check. Like, damn. But I see a letter from global life insurance. It's a life insurance policy with my name on it. I'm like, bro, what the fuck? I'm looking at it. I'm like, what the fuck? This shit, like, it was crazy.

I take it inside. I'm looking at it. I'm not thinking of it. I'm like, I, whatever. Cool. So fast forward to September down September I'm on my way to the barbershop

I'm on my way to get a haircut It's happened September 4th It was Juvei You know about Juve? No, what's Juve? Juve is like, you know Labor Day? Yeah. Labor Day parade?

It's like the day right before Labor Day. And what year is this? 2020. Okay. And how old are you? 26 at the time. Okay.

So on my way to the barbershop get there, because I call my ball, bro, you tell me, I got one in the chair, come down. So when I get there, he got one in the chair and one next. Like, then, bro, you told me, he's like, hey, don't worry, Rico, just stay right here, just go ahead. I'm like, all right. So I'm like, I'm hungry, though.

And me go home, instead of some money outside, we go home, get some food, I'm going to eat, and I'm going back. So as I go home, to go get some food, I see him. you know, I see him he walks by I'm not,

I'm walking by and he said something he said something like, like he said something, whatever and I mean him start arguing

a little bit nothing crazy brief brief conversation arguing back and forth whatever then I go talk to my mom and I'm like

your mom like why are you with this nigga you know he's driving her car you hop you know so I'm like

oh mom why are you why you fucking with this nigga like, yo, he just tried to get a shot with your sister. He tried to get a shout with your daughter. You know what I'm saying? He put hands on you. Like, you deserve better.

Like, come on. Like, what are you doing? And she's like, yo, that ain't happened. Stay on my relationship, mind of your business with me and her. Now me and her argument. I stopped talking to that, nigga. Now me and her argument now. The whole time he goes in the house, he got a little fanny pack.

I'm not paying him no mind. So me and her argument outside. The conversation goes from, the conversation goes from like, outside to like the little hallway of our apartment. So they arguing in the little hallway. My girl ended up coming outside because she hears the noise. So basically we were arguing about, I was telling her like, yo, arguing about that situation.

But also, like, it was like back to school time and like she didn't get my sister none for back to school. Or she didn't get her nothing. She didn't want to take her to get, like, whatever. So my sister came to me, like, upset. Like, yo, mommy want her. I want Mommy to take me here. She don't want to take me to get shoes.

You know what I'm saying? That's basically we were talking about after. We was talking about that. Her situation, we were talking about, yo, you're not, why you ain't taking her to go do what she got to do? Like, come on. Like, go take her. I'm like, I'm going to talk to her.

If she says she's going to do it, we're going, you know what I'm saying? If she says she's not going to do it, then I'll take you. But first, let's see what she say. So the argument goes in the hallway. We talking me out going back and forth. my girl comes outside and she sees my girl and she hits her for no reason

smacks in the face, boom. So now they start fighting a big situation they start flying right there. He's like Raybosami but he has like a fanny pack so when that happened I instantly grab him so I grab him from like the back I'm grabbing him and he's doing this he's like wiggling he's wiggling

and they fighting in the little whole way they bump me so when they bump me I like stumble like a little back a little bit And he runs directly in my apartment. He runs in my apartment. And he kind of locks itself in the bathroom. So when he locks himself in the bathroom now,

I'm like, I'm banging on the door like, yo, get out, get out, yo, what are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing in my apartment? My kids are home, for me? But they're still fighting. So now I'm like, at the door, but I'm looking at them fighting.

You know what I'm saying? Chanel, like, they're fighting, they're fighting. My girl ended up pushing off. My mom runs to the kitchen and go grab a knife. So I'm not going to let her stab Like, you know I got kids with this woman So now I grab my mom

I grab the knife on hand I'm like oh my mom What you like what you doing? Like you you bugging out like Yo like So I'm taking a knife for her hand Whole time the man is still I forgot about him

He's still in the bathroom So I'm taking a knife for her hand And I'm pushing her out the door I'm like oh my you got to go You got to go So I'm trying to get her out The apartment So as I'm pushing her out

To get out the apartment And just lock out door He comes behind me And he says yo so when he says y'all I turn around he has the gun pointed right at me like this so like I freeze

and he pulls the trigger he shoots me like point like where you literally where you sitting at and where I'm at right now that's literally like the distance and he shoots me like I don't know if you want to see like the scar looks crazy I don't know yeah you show the audience like he shoots me holy cow yeah the bullet hits me

right here. It comes out my back. I lost my like, I lost my left kidney and my spleen. I lost my left kidney in my spleen. So, yeah, I ended up losing my left kidney and my spleen. So he shot, he pulls the trigger. It goes, it goes in. And I hit the wall. And then I run to the door. I was able to grab the door and run out. So as I grabbed the door and run out, come down the stairs, like the video, they're fighting outside my girl. And, No, that I'm lying. As I come down the stairs, my girl is trying to help me. She's trying to help me.

She's trying to pick me up, trying to help me. I'm on the floor. My mom gives him the keys to her car and let him leave. So he drives off in her car. If you see the video, he drives off in her car. And now I'm on the floor, and I'm fighting for my life. My girl comes trying to help me, trying to pick me up. You know, I'm on the floor.

I'm getting up. I'm falling, I'm getting back up, trying. And then I see a cab driver, a cab driver that we know from the neighborhood. He drives by. I go to the cab and I'm like, take me to the hospital. He said no. And he drives off. So at that point, I started thinking, like, I'm going to die.

Like, it's over. So as she's trying to help me, my mom come and attacks my girl. Literally grabs her, start attacking on. She had, like, son of hand trying to, like, like, cut her or whatever. So now they're fighting and I'm on the floor like dying. So I ended up praying. Like if you see the video like at one point like I got on my knees and I like I prayed for this. I prayed to still be here right now.

Bro. The shit is the shit is crazy. That's why people like God is so real, bro. Like I was just, I thought I was going to die, bro. I ain't going to lie. So I'm on the floor for like 20 minutes, bro. When I told you it was like a parade going on. So a lot of streets is blocked.

of things going on. So finally when they get to me, you know, I'm throwing up. The whole time I'm throwing up on the floor, I'm throwing up. I'm throwing up. I go into ambulance now. I'm like throwing out of blood. Now, I'm throwing out of blood. I'm throwing out of blood.

You know, they take me to the hospital. And like I ended up having surgery, had surgery. And I lost my left kidney, my spleen. They cut a piece of my. my pancreas and then cut a piece of my stomach. One bullet, but he shot twice. I only got hit once. But one bullet did all that.

You know what I'm saying? So now when I wake up in the hospital now, I wake up, I got shackles on my feet, and I'm in handcuffs. So I'm like, you know, I'm confused. Like I was like in a coma. So when I wake up from the coma, whatever, I'm in handcuffs.

I was like, yo, like, what's going on? And they, like, my family, they wasn't really able to, they wasn't able to see me at first. Like, I was labeled, like, a high-risk patient. So my family wasn't really there. They couldn't come to see me right away. They had to go to the precinct, get, like, a paper signed by, like, the officer, whatever.

And I had an officer with me 24-7, like, officer present. So I would be stuck to the bed. So I was there for, like, a month and a half. This is pretty me, this is me pretty much for, that whole time, just like this. Hand cuff, you know. When I got to go to the bathroom, I would go like this. Some officers that take it off.

Some officers winning. Some officer would like, yo, they'll keep the cups on, take the legs off, and I just could, the cuffs on the legs to take those off, shackles, and I would have to just go to the toilet like that, and I'll just use the bathroom like this, literally. Do they tell you why they had your shackles? Yeah, for an assault robbery with a fire arm.

Oh, because they are thinking, they spun it on you. They did spend it on me, but no, that's another situation. Basically, the whole time, they're looking for me for a crime. I didn't come in. They're looking for me. There's a warrant out for my arrest, and I don't know it. They literally got, I got the picture now.

They got like a flyer, like a wanted thing. Like, if you see him, whatever, for my car and everything on there. I didn't know. The whole time I'm moving around, I'm traveling. I don't know what's going on. but I basically was involved in a fight with my dad again but this time I'm home I'm home my mom is calling my mom calling me like three times

I'm home with my kids so she calling she's calling she like oh come right now it's an emergency at that time this nigger was being my mom like like like literally like Mike Tyson just putting his hands on my mom whenever he feel like it so I'm thinking it's another situation like that I'm thinking he saw her I thought I'm thinking he was the outside he saw her he put his hands on her. So I'm like, yo, like, come on. She's like, come on now.

It's an emergency. I asked my sister. She's 16. I said, yo, watch the kids real quick. I'll be right back, as I'm telling him. I'll be right back. He's like, all right. So I go to, she had me go to some place, whatever I go.

And when I get there, she's in her car. So when I get there, she's in her car. And I'm like, oh, my, are you good? She's like, come on, let's go. So we walk inside, it was like at our bar. We woke inside the bar. I'm like, yo, what the fuck? So we can get there.

My dad, I haven't seen my dad since this situation. So my dad is in the, my dad is sitting like at the bar, but it's all the way in the back. So as I go in, I see him. And she's trying to be on some, yeah, it's my son. I raised them by myself. I'm already 20, I'm like 26 at 25 at the time. I'm like, I don't want to hear that. Like, you know what I'm saying?

I'm already past that stage. Like, I don't care about this man no more. So, and she knew how I felt about my dad off the first situation. So I was like, I never really, you know, there's no token. So I see him. And he got a corona bottle. Like, he has, like, a corona bottle, like, right there. And he, like, he, he, he, he started grabbing it.

And I hit him. Hit him. Protected my mom again. But, oh, actually, I wasn't supposed to. to really beat it, bro. So now I'm fighting this, fighting this man. And what you think happened

after that? The same thing. But this time his wife came and said, I beat her up with five people. We beat her up, robbed her, and I put the gun to her head,

and I said, next time I'm going to kill you. That's what she put in a statement. So the whole time they're looking for me for this crime, and I never did it. It was a fight. Again, it was a fight.

All out of it. And the lady wasn't even there. Right now, the lady could be sitting right next to me, bro, and I wouldn't even know who she is. That's how crazy it is. I wouldn't even know who the lady is. But that's what she said. This case ended up getting dismissed, getting thrown away because she was lying. But I had to suffer in the hospital.

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And were they being, treating you unfairly because you were a suspect? Everybody was. Everybody was. The nurses, the cops, they look at me, bro, I'm young, I'm black, I got tattoos, and I'm handcuffed. They're thinking I'm, you know what I'm saying? I'm arrested, in the hospital, and I'm a gunshot with a victim. You know the stereotype, bro.

Yeah, they think a gang related. Gang-related, he and the streets. Whole time, bro, I'm a father, bro. I take him my two kids, bro. I had two jobs at the time working. bro like I wasn't in the streets nothing that ever happened to me came from the streets I was never in a gang

I never nothing literally so they treat me bad in the hospital bro like this shit is crazy the nurses they're looking at me funny looks you know I'm saying treat me you know so so now

so now I'm in the hospital they're telling me what's going on and I'm just like yo like so everything that you go through in like a police station I was going through in the hospital I had to get fingerprinted they took a picture

everything so I was like that for like a month and a half and finally my family was able to come see me and like they told me like like you know my girl came and she told me she like things are going to be a little different now

I didn't even have this conversation with the doctors bro that's how crazy they didn't even want to talk to me they come give me the little medicine whatever and they leave It never really spoke to me. I know I'm shot, but I'm not knowing, like, how severe it is. They're like, yeah, um, they're like, yeah, um,

you lost your kidney. I said, my kidney. Yeah, you lost your kidney. Things are going to be different now. That's how she's telling me. I'm like, what the fuck? Like, and then, and then she's telling me, then she goes, and you also lost your spleen.

I'm not even knowing what the spleen does, bro. I'm like, I lost my spleen. I'm like, I'm about to be, like, fucked up for the rest of my life off this. You know? Of something that, like, I wasn't in the streets. I wasn't going to search for this. Looking for problems. I was trying to protect my mom, protect my sister, bro.

You know what I'm saying? So she's telling me that. So finally, I was in there for like a month and a half. Hand Cuffs finally was able to see a judge And the judge granted the cops be taken off But the case is still open So they removed the cuffs But I was still, you know

And I was mistreated, bro, I had an officer bro And like one time I had his officer He was an Asian, he was Asian I don't remember his name But I wanted, I remember I wanted They was doing like therapy Like they had like a number come and they would make me walk.

Physical therapy. Yeah, something like that. Yeah, like that. They would make me walk because I never, since you're on a bed for so long and you don't move your legs, your legs is weak. You know? So they wanted me to like,

yo, can you walk? Can you move around? So I'm like, okay. So I was supposed to do that. I already did it like two times. So now my, like it's his. He on the shift now. So I was supposed to walk.

And he was like, nah, he can't. We can't take them off the cuffs. Nope. I'm like, yo, come on. So me and I'm kind of going back and forth. And then finally, he goes, he goes, all right. But he took the cuffs down. And I was like, yo, you got to take them off my hands.

He's like, all right. You got to get down on the floor first. Bro, this man wanted me to get on my knees on the floor, bro. And Kings County wanted me to get on the floor just so he can take the hand cuffs off just to let me do the physical therapy and I flipped out so now I look like young black man

argue with the officer the typical so now he's standing in and he's like this he literally has his hand hand on his gun the whole time my family come they're crying

and and they're like oh they told my family to leave and then I'm back on the back in handcuffs and they didn't let me do the thing and my mom never came to see me She never came. My mom never came to the hospital.

Never came to see me, bro. That hurt me, bro, because I'm like, like, if she would have came, bro, like, honestly, I probably wouldn't even be here talking to you right now, bro. I probably wouldn't be talking to you right now. Like, I would have just, you probably never would have heard my story. And she would have just came and just like,

oh, I'm sorry. You know, to this day, I haven't spoke to my mom. I ended up seeing her after, but she never came. she never came to the hospital the whole time she was taking care of the nigga remember I told you he left with her car

she gave him she gave him money taking care of him and I'm in the hospital really telling me all this you know then finally then finally he ended up getting

caught he was arrested Did you report him Yeah You gave a description Yeah yeah Well they already kind of had the footage Because of your girl

Yeah they had the footage Whatever camera But basically what they did was my mom was arrested on the scene she was arrested on the scene because I told you they had to fight and she tried to she tried to like stab her with something

and cut her with something in the video if you look at the video you'll see I don't know if you could put it in there or whatever but you'll see it they arrested her for that so she got arrested ACS got involved and took away all her kids my sisters ended up getting put in the system

because of this situation bro so she was arrested when she gets to the police station, they asked to the police and they asked her, what happened? There was a shoeing involved in your house.

What happened? She says, my son had the gun and my boyfriend took the gun out of his hand and the gun went off in self-defense. That's what she says.

That's the statement she gives. So now they're asking me the same, like, you know, so they basically treating me like that, like, you know, off of what she said. So finally, I'm like, I'm like, I didn't do this shit.

It wasn't my gun. Like, I didn't, you know what I'm saying? Come on, bro. It's not a movie. This is like, he took the gun out of my hand and the gun went, like, come on, bro.

That's not realistic, bro. No. So now, that's what, so now my girl goes in the police station too. They cheats gives her statement. They take my mom's statement. Finally, he ended up getting caught arrested. And he gives the exact statement my mother said.

So that's how you knew. Like, they talked about this before. They rehearsed this. Even when the shot, like when I got shot, when the shot went off, like he wasn't like she wasn't scared she wasn't nervous like right now we hear a loud sound we're

gonna jump we're gonna move that's our natural instinct there was no no nothing from a cold I'm on the floor and I'm grabbing for my mom foot as you walk by I told you I'm on the floor shot I'm grabbing for her for her foot like as she walked by and she just moved and walked right by me like I was nothing bro and never came to the hospital take care this nigga he goes to jail, she bails him out, bro. She bails him out of jail, bro. We was working for the same company. She took a piece of,

because you could take a bar from your pension. She borrowed from her pension and get this man out. What did he get charged with? Attempted murder. Okay, he did get charged with that. And did she, what did she get charged with? She was never charged. They let her go. They just arrest her for the fight. Yeah. Does it the video show that she came at your girlfriend with a lot? Yeah, she was arrested

for that. She was arrested for what happened in the video. But now it goes to, um, It goes to you have to prove now all that other stuff. The intent and everything. Yeah, but I never said anything about my mom the whole time. I'm just saying, yo, I just told him what happened that day. Like, yo, he, the nigger, the niggish shaw me, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, you all, I mean, throughout your whole story, you've always still had love for your mom.

You've always went back. Even, even after, like, I'm telling you, like, even after, like, right now, if, like, that day when I was in the hospital, whatever, I'm in the hospital. If she would have came maybe on the last day. You know, I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that. I would have forgave her, bro. It's all I know is my only parent. I don't have anyone else.

My mother. The good, the bad, or the ugly. This is my mother. This is what it is. You see what I'm saying? But she never came. And that hurt me, bro. Like, even to this day, I don't got her number blocked.

I got the same number. You could call me. You could reach out. You could apologize. You could say something. She never did. You know what I'm saying? She made videos online.

Like, uh, she had a little. video. That's what made me finally be like, nah, because she was telling people, like, that I was the aggressor. She was telling people how I beat her up. She was telling people a whole bunch of stuff. Well, that ain't happened. Literally, that ain't happened. The shit, the shit is crazy, bro. Like... Did your dad ever reach out to you when you got shot? No. Nah. I haven't heard from my dad. There's a lot of family to reach out. I ain't here from a lot of family, bro. I hear from a lot of

people, you know, a lot of, like, my friends, nothing. Like, you know, when times are dark, you know, friends are few, bro. Like, you go on through your shit by yourself. What happened to your mom's boyfriend? Did he go to prison? So he went to jail. He got arrested, right? They gave him a bill.

She bails him out. He gets out now. So he ended up getting, it's crazy how God works, bro. She paid his bill. He got out. something happened the man got re-arrested bro a couple days later he ended up getting re-arrested

he was um I think they had a like domestic dispute again like she saw him like with another woman like his other baby moms like after the show he's just like yeah he left and went to go back like he didn't want him to do it that no more and so now she found out what he was at she went mid the scene they had a fight

he got arrested again this time they kept him though, you know what I'm saying? And she was arrested too at that day, that day. You feel me? So, yeah, bro. Like, where's he now? He's in jail.

So for that, your, for what he did to you? Yeah. Did you have to go to trial or testify? Yeah. So, yeah, basically, we had to do, I went to trial. And it was just, bro, it was just, it was just a lot, bro. It was a lot, like, even, even before that, it was just like, I remember

waking up from the hospital or that leaving the hospital I'm not hearing nothing from my mom I'm hearing all these things

she's doing though and I got hurt you know what I'm saying like damn I just almost died bro and I'm just son like you ain't even reach out

nothing nothing you know what I'm saying so like we lost everything bro behind this shit bro I lost my apartment the shoot

happened in the apartment now I ain't feel comfortable there bro she's still there I don't want to be did. You know what I'm saying? So my family

moved everything at my apartment. So when I got out the hospital, it was like the apartment is over. Like, I'm not there. So now I go from having my own apartment to living with family. I'm living with my aunt at the time. I live with my own at the time. Then I live in my grandma for a little bit.

But it's not just me now. It's me, my girl, my two kids and my dog. All of us, I'm living, all of us staying at somebody house, family members' house. So we We went from having our own personal space to just having to live with people.

And you know how I go after a while, it's like, you know, they sympathetic at first, but after a while it's like, all right, man, you know. They never told me to get out of that like that, but after a while, you know how it is, bro. It wasn't really dumb. It was like my little cousins and stuff. Like, they'll say yourself.

Like, one of my cousins was like, I forgot we had a little argument about something. And she was like, we all go through shit. Like, we all go through shit. Not that time. It's like, this is the toughest time in my life. I never been through nothing like this bad. Like, you know, it's the hardest point of my life.

You tell me some shit like that, you know? What was her family saying to you? Like the grandparents, any siblings she had, cousins, anything of your mom's side? What were they saying? Basically, some people, like I said, they took her side. And then the immediate family that knew what was going on, they shunned her. Like, they ain't want nothing to do her. They knew she was wrong.

And they ain't want. But it's just how she'd tell it. she might come in, she might tell you a different story. You know what I'm saying? So that's how it is. And she's a narcissist. She could lie very well. So that's what she do.

Like, she'll cry, make a whole scene. You would believe her. You would think this shit real, like, whole time. And never played out like that. Do you attribute any of her actions to being a young, immature parent? At first I did. At first I did. At first, I forget my mom for a lot of things.

Bro, I forgave my mom for a lot of shit, bro. But I was like, I can't forgive you for this one. And even still, like, if she would have came to the hospital, I would probably forgive them. But it was like, I can't forgive you for this one, bro. Like, I almost died, bro. Like, literally my heart stopped in the hospital for like nine seconds. Bro, I did get resuscitate, bro. This is a miracle around me talking to you right now, bro.

So now, the million-dollar question is, do you think she pulled that life insurance policy out on purpose? Yeah, she did. Like, you think that was the plan to instigate that fight? She did, she did, because the fight, the fight happened in December. the life insurance in March, the shoe went in September. It's like back to back shit. Like, you know what I'm saying?

And when the shot went off, like she never looked to a prize, it's like she knew. And then one day she told my sister, like, before the shoe and all that, she's like, I don't want you downstairs no more. She's telling my son I don't want you downstairs no more because something bad going to happen to your brother

and he got to learn. You know what I'm saying? That's what she told her. And my mom was bugged out. She was like into like voodoo and shit like that, black magic and shit like that. Like, like, like so she she was she was bugged out bro and it was no surprise and when she never came to the hospital

she never reached out nothing it's like it's like they knew like they wanted that shit to happen like they wanted me to die that day and even even after like I ended up doing like another interview and she's seen it and she like she was like yo she told she told some guys she was like if if if I had the gun I would have killed them basically like she's lucky at the She ain't had a gun. She would kill me. That was she saying, my own mom. You know how much the policy was for?

$100,000. So she was going to kill her own son for $100,000? $100,000. That's all my life was worth at the time. That's all my life is worth, I guess. You know. The shit is crazy, bro. What happened to your medical bills and everything?

I still got medical bills, bro. I never was able to pay my medical bills. I still got high-ass medical bills, bro. had a major surgery, bro. They had to remove organs, bro. You know? So, yeah. This Memorial Day, shop one of avocado's biggest mattress sales of the year and fall in love

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How did you rebuild your life after this if you've been able to? So like I said, we lost everything, bro. I lost my, we lost the apartment we was in. I had a 2019 dashed charger. That was my first vehicle, first car. My baby, everything. I lost. I lost that car. I'm in the hospital. I can't make

payments. you know, I'm not working. After that, I lost my job. You know, after a while, I lost my job. I'm not going to worry, whatever, I lost my job. So, lost my apartment, lost my job. The car, they getting tickets, whatever, whatever. They ended up coming and taking the car.

Car going, lost the car. So I lost everything, bro. Friends, people not around anymore. People that was around, not around anymore. So it was like a dark time on my life. Like, bro, I remember. I remember asking, like, I was talking to God, like, why I mean? Like, why you saved me?

Like, what's my purpose? I still don't know, bro. I still don't know what's my purpose, bro. Like, I remember just asking, like, you should have just let me die, bro. Like, I don't, like, I'm, you saved me to what? Struggle? Like, I'm fucked up right now. Like, I lost everything.

And I remember being very, like, I wanted to kill myself, bro, because I ain't want to live. I ain't want this shit, bro. I ain't want to live anymore, bro. I don't want to live no more. Like, my kids, like, I can't help them. I can't do nothing for them financially. You know what I'm saying?

My girl wasn't working because she's taking care of me, literally. I'm on, like, 12 medication. I'm taking pills, all type of pills. You know what I'm saying? And it's, like, the darkest point of my life, bro. Like, at that point, I ain't want to live anymore. But I ain't had the heart to, you know, to harm myself. But I ain't care what happened to me at that point in time.

you know. It was the darkest point in my life. This shit is crazy, bro, but, you know. What kept you going? What keeps you going today? What kept me going then? It's like just me not having the heart to do anything to myself. You know?

So, like, if someone would have ended up doing something to me, like, it would have been, I would have accepted that. But I just didn't have the hard to do it to myself. You know? And what keeps me going now is like Like my kids and just being able to just Being able to try to change my life, bro And better my life

Like I got high hopes, bro And I would one day like, you know, I'm working on a book right now You know, it's a crazy story It's crazy, bro You know, hopefully I'm able to like just, you know Do better and be better, you know Just be a better person and be a better father, I guess.

You know, that keeps me going, just, you know, this hope, I guess, just thinking, like, maybe I could come up under this, you know? What's something you wish you could tell your mom right now if you were sitting across from her? Bro, I don't know, bro. I don't know what I'll tell her, bro. Like, why, like, you know?

I tell you, like, you know, I tell you, I used to really fight for my mom, protect my mom. Like, I just ask her why, bro. like why me I still I still don't know my purpose I don't know like why I'm

I'm just living I think you know I'm just living it's shit crazy you know I have like sometimes

I have good days sometimes I wake up and I have bad days I have days I don't even want to do nothing I don't want to I don't want to

nobody I shut down I still think I think about this shit every day bro like I literally think about this shit every day

like I don't even day like I don't Almost die, bro. Like, this shit is crazy, bro. And I ended up seeing her after all that. She ended up coming to, I ended up staying from my own house. We ended up leaving him with the situation with my cousin.

So now I go stay with my grandma's. Now we're living at my grandma's in a studio apartment, all five of us. Five of us and then her. So that's six. So we're living at my grandma, studio apartment, and Flavich. We live in there. They found out where we was at. they found out what he was at

and she came she came with her friend they knocked on the door and her friend knocked on the door so when I look I'm like yo I opened the door and my mom was like on the side

she wanted to basically thought my girl was going to open the door and she wanted to fight my girl stab my girl so now we arguing I'm just like yo you never came to the hospital but you come in here to stop problems and argue and fight like what's wrong

with you. And then she was like, basically she was like, I hate you. Like, like, I, I ruined her relationship. I ruined life. Whatever. She's like, I hate you. And then she's like, I should have got an abortion after the shooting, bro. And, and like, that shit, I got the, everything I'm telling you right now, I got the video, like, I'll show you how this shit is crazy, bro. That shit is crazy. That's the last time I see my mom. After that, I ain't, I ain't, I I ain't see her no more. And I have never spoke to my mom after that. I have no relationship with my mom.

Like, you know, my whole life has always been me and my mom. So it's like, now that dad is like I got no relationship of at all. Like, you know, how could you talk to somebody that tried to kill you, you know? You know, this shit is crazy. Well, RICO, I know you haven't found it yet, but there, we go through things like this in our lives for a reason. And I think hopefully whether it's. because of this interview or you continuing to share your story or your book that, you know, that reason comes to you and you kind of get some purpose out of this, no matter how terrible

the situation is. Yeah, I'm working on a book. I'm working on a good book, man. It's going to come out soon. Hopefully you guys, you know, like it, you know. I got a link for that so I can put it in a link. I got these hoodies too, these hoodies. Give me the link for that, too.

Yeah, on the back and say something to, um, yeah. you guys could follow me on Instagram at The Real Need to Check. The Real Need to Check. You can just follow me. YouTube, subscribe, same thing. The Real Need to Check. Anything, you just see what I'm doing.

I'm going to be telling my story more, like different pods, different platforms. I told you got the book coming out, and, you know, I just stay tuned. Hopefully, you know, I was a little nervous about coming here, but I'm glad I did it. You did really good, man. Thank you.

You did great. Thank you. Yeah. Hope you guys like the interview, you know. Yeah, and we'll have all your links in the description of this episode too. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. And when the book does come out, send it to me.

So, you know, we'll buy some copies and then put the link in the description too. Absolutely. I appreciate you here, Ian, for real, for even having me on here, you know. It's nice. I like it. You know, hospitality, you know, show me love, you know. Yeah, that's what the platform's all about. brother. For sure. People like you and the individuals that have stories like you. Yeah, for sure.

Awesome, bro. Well, you know, have a good weekend. Safe Travels back. Thank you, brother. Appreciate you.