SINK OR REVISE ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT THANK >> OF COURSE.

>> AND 5 YEARS AGO, CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER DERRICK JONES JUNIOR WENT FROM RESPONDING TO CALLS ON THE JOB TO BECOMING A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE HIMSELF.

NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLICLY, HE'S SHARING HIS STORY ABOUT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE AS A SURVIVOR.

>> JUST KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT.

NO.

YOURSELF, MOTIVATE YOURSELF.

INSPIRATION.

USE IT RIGHT.

JUST.

>> KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

TRY TO STAY IN THE ABSOLUTELY.

CAN STUCK LIFE CONTINUES TO MOVE FOR.

SO SHOULD YOU.

THERE WAS A TIME 30 YEAR-OLD DERRICK JONES JUNIOR DEPENDENT ON A WHEELCHAIR TO GET AROUND USING THE TECHNIQUE.

WHAT THE THERAPIST HUM.

>> STATEMENT I AND I TRY TO AVOID SWING MY HOUR.

AND JUST TRY TO BE A STRATEGIC AS POSSIBLE.

WALKING UP THE STAIRS.

NOTICE.

>> YOU KNOW, DO THAT SEVERAL TIMES GOING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS UNTIL YOU FELT MORE WITH IT, YOU KNOW.

I SELL STRUGGLE.

THE FIRST.

>> IT'S THE FIRST TIME JONES SHARES HIS STORY PUBLICLY RECOUNTING THE TRAUMATIC MOMENTS THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE.

NEARLY 5 YEARS AGO.

HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.

>> I WAS ONE TIME IN THE ONE.

BULLET FRAGMENTS STILL IN IN MY BRAIN TUESDAY.

WELL, SHOT AT 22 TIMES IN JUNE 2019 JONES FINISHED A SHIFT AT THE 6TH POLICE DISTRICT IN GRESHAM.

>> HE HAD BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 2 YEARS.

>> I WAS DATING A GIRL AT THE TIME.

I DECIDE TO GO SEE HER LIKE I USUALLY DO HAVE TO WORK ON CERTAIN DAYS.

AND THAT I WANT OUR HOUSE.

>> AND >> I IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE AND WE JUST TALKED TO GP LIKE WE USUALLY DO.

>> JONES SAYS HE REMEMBERS DRIVING BACK FROM A STORE IN BRONZEVILLE WITH HIS THEN GIRLFRIEND AND NOTICING A VEHICLE FOLLOWING HIS CAR.

>> PASS AND THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT THIS POINT ON 35TH.

AT THE TIME WAS A THINK I COULD EASILY WON TO THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND SAY I THINK VEHICLE IS FOLLOWING ME.

AT THE TIME WAS, I BECAUSE I THOUGHT NOBODY WAS.

OUT TO GET ANYTHING.

I'VE TURNED DOWN.

I WANT TO SAY MICHIGAN.

AND THEN I WANT 37 ON HER BLOCK.

I MADE ANOTHER TURN.

THAT'S WHEN EVERYTHING HAPPENED.

>> NEXT THING HE RECALLS IS WAKING UP IN A HOSPITAL AFTER BEING IN A COMA.

>> I REMEMBER SCANNED MY BRAIN FROM SURGEON.

IT WAS LIKE MILLIMETERS AWAY FROM MY BRAIN STEM.

HAD A HIT.

MY BRINGS WE WANT HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

DESPITE SEVERAL LEADS IN THE CASE, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.

>> FOR HIS FATHER, DERRICK JONES, SENIOR, A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER.

IT'S A CALL NO PARENT WANTS TO HE'S A STRONG KID.

>> YOU KNOW, NOW 30, YOU 25 YEARS OLD WHEN IT HAPPENED.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, A YOUNG AGE LIKE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, YOUTH HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM, KNOW, THEY DIDN'T LET THAT SHOW YOU.

AND WITHOUT.

MY HAND, BRACE.

THIS IS HELPING TO KEEP OPEN FOR NOW.

>> IRIS.

HE SAYS IT'S BEEN A PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY TAXING ONE THAT DEREK CREDITS HIS FAMILY AND HIS FAITH WITH GUIDING HIM THROUGH.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO GET AS MUCH AS YOU PUT INTO IT.

SO.

AND ALSO MY DAYS AS MAIN FACTOR, A KEY MISSING MY DAD BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

BUT HE WAS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTING TO MY RECOVERY.

FAR ESPECIALLY MY ARM STUFF LIKE YOU NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU STILL BELIEVE AND I NEEDED THAT.

>> WITH TIME, JONES HAS STARTED TO GAIN MORE MOBILITY.

HE'S BACK WORKING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKING ON SMALLER TASKS AND PUSHING HIMSELF TO TRAVEL.

>> WATCH HIM OVERCOME A PROUD OF THEM.

AND WHAT I WANT FOR HIM IS TO CONTINUE.

HE'S WORKING ON HIS MASTER'S DEGREE.

>> DEREK SAYS HE'S READY TO SHARE HIS STORY IN HOPES OF INSPIRING OTHER SURVIVORS A PIECE.

>> OF I HAVE MY DAYS, BUT IS THIS?

WET MAN?

WHY OR A CERTAIN SONG A SCENE IN THE MOVIE PLAY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF REMINISCING MY MY.

I'M NOT UPSET WITH THE SITUATION I HAVE TO BECOME A PIECE WITH THAT BECAUSE IT DRIVE ME CRAZY ATLANTA FOR YOU.

>> AND HE ALSO SHARE THE ONE OF HIS INSPIRATIONS.

I GOT HIM THROUGH TOUGH TIMES.

IS KOBE