Metal Anarchy

Jake E. Lee (Red Dragon Cartel, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, etc.) has shared another update and photos after recently being shot in Las Vegas, NV. The latest post focuses on a bullet wound in the guitarist’s back.

Lee said the following:

“Feels like I’m dragging this out but I just get caught up in other stuff. Without further ado, here’s part 2:

The second bullet felt nothing like the first. Whereas the first one was a burning sensation, this one was an impact strong enough to push the air out of my lungs. Like getting hit with a baseball bat. The bullet entered mid back and exited out my left side. It fractured the 10th and 11th ribs and punctured my left lung. It wasn’t something I would consider that painful, much like the first one. On a 1-10 scale maybe a 4.

When the paramedics got to me the first thing they asked was if I could move my legs. They wanted me to show them. They told me a couple times on the way to the hospital how lucky I was. In the ER I was again asked if I could move my legs. They seemed impressed. Over the next couple days whenever a nurse was redressing my wounds I would hear about how close the bullet was to my spine. Finally, at home about 5/6 days later my daughter Jade was redressing my back and said “oh my god Dad”. So I asked her to take a photo so I could see wtf everyone was going on about. Oh. Yeah. I see. How did that not actually hit my spine?

These are the photos she took, entrance mid back and exited left side. The lung initially needed a tube in it to drain the blood. Lung is now clear and ribs are almost healed. And yeah, I got relatively lucky with that.

Part 3 will deal with the shot through the foot, which yes, felt completely different than the first two. After I document that I will put this incident behind me and focus on the future!”