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Student Robbed, Shot in Wynwood Released From Hospital

The Swedish student who was ambushed and robbed in Wynwood was released from the hospital Friday.

A tight embrace between father and son showed the sense of relief felt by family members of 28-year-old Frank Hammar, who is now out of the hospital. They couldn't help but smile as they walked away, two weeks after Hammar was robbed at gunpoint and shot twice.

"Absolutely insane, the moment when they told me I could put support on the other leg, I got up and they gave me the support chair and I felt it and told them right away I don't think I need this," Hammar explained.

He was shot outside Wynwood Diner near Northeast 2nd Avenue on June 9. He had just eaten dinner with his parents and got them into an Uber.

Surveillance video shows two men approaching him and demanding his wallet. They stole his phone and then fired.

"Every day I understood better and better how lucky I was that the bullets missed everything. Absolutely everything," Hammar said.

His parents attended his graduation from the Miami Ad School last week, and even brought a video message from him to the ceremony.

As for what's next, Hammar said he wants to apply for jobs and thank everyone who has supported him through this ordeal.

He has a good sense of humor despite what happened, "Yeah, I'll go back to Wynwood, of course. I'll go back to the diner and have the steak fries."

Hammar's message to the men who hurt him: Find a way of life that doesn't hurt others because in the end you'll only hurt yourself.

Anyone with information on this crime is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.

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