Four-year-old injured in leg and forehead during murder bid

B. Shawn Yashwin, four, being warded at Pantai Hospital Penang after he was injured just above the left knee. MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star. JULY 12, 2013. (note: family request no photos to be taken)

GEORGE TOWN: A four-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after he was shot in the leg and a ricocheting bullet grazed him on the forehead.

B. Shawn Yashwin underwent a three-and-a-half-hour surgery to remove a bullet from his left leg and is now conscious and in stable condition.