PUBLISHED: 21:27 EDT, 14 October 2023
UPDATED: 08:56 EDT, 15 October 2023
At first Gomez thought Hammond may have been an undercover police officer taking control of the chaotic scene.
But moments later he found himself starting down the barrel of a gun just ten yards away, before being shot.
'He got the gun loaded and he just straight looked at me and then, as you can see in the picture, just popped me,' Gomez told The Oregonian.
The bullet hit Gomez in the leg, passing through to break the femur in the other.
'Everything just changed,' Gomez said. 'I'm just grateful that I'm alive because it could have been worse.'
Two passers by and a doctor who happened to be in the area ran to his aid.
Gomez was then rushed to OHSU Hospital where he is recovering.
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