The ex-Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee revealed that the shooter that attacked him fired 15 times at him. He revealed that in an official statement on his social media. The guitarist is fully conscious although he is at the intensive care unit and was shot in the chest, arm and foot. He is expected to fully recover from the attack.
He was shot at night when he was taking his dog Coco for a walk. The Las Vegas police is still looking for the shooter.
Read the complete statement shared by Jake E. Lee
“Checking. Is this on? Been a while since I posted here. Let’s see: I deeply appreciate all the concern and well wishes. Makes everything going on a little better. To clarify, I was shot three times.”
“I was on my way back home from walking my dog Coco (I didn’t name him so don’t!) Don’t want to go into details now, I’m tired, but I feel relatively very lucky. The police found 15 shell casings at the scene which means he emptied his clip on me.”
“I could only dodge so many so one bullet went through my forearm, one through my foot, and one in the back which broke a rib and damaged a lung. Priority now is to keep draining my lung till it’s done crying. Then we can pull that tube out and concentrate on the more minor injuries.
And by the way, Coco’s fine and appreciates your inquiries,” Jake E. Lee said.
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Lee was facing many health issues during the past years that prevented him from playing live. The 67 year-old guitarist was born in Norfolk, Virginia and started his musical career in 1980. He first achieved fame after he became a member of Ozzy Osbourne’s band in 1982, not long after the tragic death of the guitarist Randy Rhoads.
With the former Black Sabbath vocalist, he recorded two praised studio albums: “Bark at The Moon” (1983) and “Ultimate Sin” (1986). After that he recorded with groups like Badlands, Wicked Alliance, Mickey Ratt, Enuff Z’Nuff and Red Dragon Cartel.
