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A Muslim native of Uzbekistan has left a Cleveland hospital nearly eight weeks after he was shot at a gas station in what police had investigated as a possible hate crime.
Before his release from MetroHealth Medical Center on Monday, 49-year-old Fazliddin Yakubov said he wanted to express «a million, million thanks» for all the support he received while hospitalized, The Plain Dealer newspaper reported Tuesday.
Yakubov was shot three times in the abdomen while he and his son were buying fuel on June 20. Security-camera video led to the arrest of
18-year-old William Neal of Cleveland, who’s charged with felonious assault and attempted murder. He’s being held in a Cuyahoga County jail on $250,000 bond.A police spokesman says there wasn’t enough evidence for a hate crime charge.