MIAMI – An international student at Miami Ad School who was shot days before his graduation last week was released from Jackson Memorial Hospital Friday.
Miami police said Frank Hammar, 27, was shot twice during an armed robbery in the area of Northwest Second Avenue and 26th Street in the city's Wynwood area.
Hammar told Local 10 News from his hospital bed last week that he was having dinner with his parents at the Wynwood Diner June 7 shortly before he was robbed and shot. He said his parents were in town from Sweden for his graduation, which was held last Friday.
Hammar said he was walking back to his school, when he was approached by two men.
"This one guy comes up to me with a gun drawn. He's telling me (to) take out my stuff (and) put everything on the floor," Hammar said.
Surveillance video showed Hammar putting down his cellphone, but he refused to give up his wallet.
"I told them that, 'You guys are really screwing me over if you take this,'" Hammar said. "The guy tells me he's got one bullet in the chamber. (He) pulls out the magazine, puts it back in."
The video showed Hammar backing away, but the men continued to follow him.
"The other guy says something like, 'Blast him' or 'Pop him,' and the guy with the gun fires two bullets," Hammar said.
Doctors said the bullets went in through his stomach and one is still lodged in his spine.
A GoFundMe page has been created to help Hammar with his medical expenses.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.