10-year-old shot by crossfire in drive-by: I thought I was dead [Video]

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (WPLG) – A brave 10-year-old boy from Florida is speaking out after he was shot in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting.

Noah West, 10, was in the wrong place at the wrong time around 6:35 p.m. March 21 when he was shot in a drive-by shooting near Hunters Manor Park in Pompano Beach. He says he was on his way home from a friend’s house at the time.

Initially, the 10-year-old thought he was going to die.

“I thought I was dead, but I looked down at myself and said, ‘I’m still alive,’” he said.

Noah spent two weeks in the hospital recovering from his wounds. He says he no longer feels safe being in the area where he was shot.

“If I never got shot, I’d probably be at this park right …