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Input: After a doctor said 19-year-old Charles Quimby wouldn’t survive being shot in the head with what was thought to be a pellet gun, a priest was called to read last rites, his mother said. 
  
 But shortly after the priest’s prayer, the Maine teenager – known as Charlie – began to move, The Bangor Daily News reported. 
  
 Quimby was taken by helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center after his friend shot him in the head with what was thought to be a pellet gun Sunday afternoon, Skowhegan police said. The shooting is still under investigation. 
  
 Because of the dangers of surgery, a doctor informed Lauri Quimby that her son would not survive his injuries, according to the newspaper; a priest was called in to deliver last rites. But less than two hours after Quimby arrived at the hospital, he began to move again. 
  
 “I’m telling you, it was right after the priest did his thing,” Lauri Quimby told the newspaper. “I believe that that kind of played into it.” 
  
 Since Sunday, Quimby has had his ventilator tube removed, since he is able to breathe on his own. He also was able to say “hello” and respond to some commands from doctors. 
  
 But the metallic fragment lodged in his head could still lead to lasting brain damage, his father, Jade Goodridge, told The Morning Sentinel. 
  
 “It could affect his eyes and partial movement. It’s in his brain,” Goodridge said. “He’s doing a little better. He’s going to make it; so far everything is good.” 
  
 Goodridge said X-rays showed "a perfectly round object" in his son's head and doctors believe it to be from a BB gun and not a pellet gun. 
  
 Lauri Quimby called her son a fighter who was “so freaking proud” to have graduated from high school recently. 
  
 “He’s the guy that gets it done,” she said of her son. ||||| SKOWHEGAN — The father of a Skowhegan man who was shot in the head with a BB gun on Sunday said Tuesday that the metallic ball is lodged in his son’s brain and could result in lasting brain damage. 
  
 Witnesses told police on Sunday that 19-year-old Charles Quimby was shot in the head with a pellet gun or a BB gun by 20-year-old William McCarty at 44 Joyce St. No criminal charges have been filed. 
  
 Related Headlines Skowhegan man critical following pellet-gun shooting to head An undated photo of Charles Quimby, 19, who was shot in the head Sunday with a BB gun. Photo courtesy of Jade Anderson An undated photo of Charles Quimby, 19, who was shot in the head Sunday with a BB gun. Photo courtesy of Jade Anderson 
  
 Contacted by phone Tuesday afternoon, Jade Goodridge, of Clifton, Charles Quimby’s father, said his son is doing well at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor but could suffer lasting effects from the wound, including problems with balance and coordination. Goodridge said his son’s condition is improving, but the BB penetrated his skull and can be seen on X-ray images. 
  
 “It could affect his eyes and partial movement. It’s in his brain,” Goodridge said. “He’s doing a little better. He’s going to make it; so far everything is good.” 
  
 Goodridge said he “doesn’t really know the facts of how it all went down,” but that he has been told it was an accident. He said X-rays at the hospital showed “a perfectly round object” in his son’s head and doctors assume it is a BB, and not a pellet as reported earlier by police. 
  
 BBs are round and usually made of steel. Pellets evolved after BBs, and most pellets today are made in the Diablo or “wasp waist” shape, according to Air Gun Depot. A pellet is hollow and flares out to full diameter when pressurized by the gun. BBs are hard and remain round after being shot. 
  
 Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam said Tuesday afternoon that the shot was in fact a BB and entered Quimby’s head through the left temple. He said Quimby remains in critical condition. 
  
 A man who lives at the home where the incident occurred said Tuesday morning that Quimby was “stable.” 
  
 The young man who answered the door at the Joyce Street residence late Tuesday morning identified himself as Ricky but declined to comment on the shooting. 
  
 “He’s OK,” Ricky said of Quimby. “He’s stable. That’s the last I heard.” 
  
 Quimby’s cousin, Jade Anderson, who grew up in Madison, said she has been in touch with the family since the shooting and is encouraged by what she is hearing. 
  
 “He had a good night last night, is breathing on his own now,” Anderson told the Morning Sentinel on social media. 
  
 Anderson said Quimby’s mother, Lauri Quimby, posted a positive message Monday night on Facebook. 
  
 “Things are looking more positive by the hour,” Lauri Quimby wrote. “He is off his ventilator and breathing on his own. He said hello to the doctor twice when asked if he could.” 
  
 Anderson said she had no knowledge of the shooting incident. 
  
 Police officers responded to a medical assistance 911 call at 44 Joyce St. in Skowhegan’s South Side neighborhood just after noon Sunday, Bucknam said. Quimby was taken to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan but was soon transferred by helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where he was listed in critical condition. 
  
 A spokeswoman for EMMC said Tuesday evening Quimby was in serious condition. 
  
 Skowhegan police went to the scene Sunday with the assistance of the State Police Major Crimes Unit. 
  
 Skowhegan’s Criminal Investigation Division is conducting an investigation into the incident, Bucknam said. A search warrant was executed at the home to collect the BB gun, or rifle, and other items of interest, he said. 
  
 Doug Harlow — 612-2367 
  
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Output:
When Charlie Quimby arrived at a Maine hospital Sunday with a small metal ball buried in his brain, the outlook was so grave that a priest read his last rites before two hours were up. Then Quimby sat up and said hello. "I'm telling you, it was right after the priest did his thing. I believe that that kind of played into it," his mother tells the Bangor Daily News, describing how a heavily-medicated Quimby began pulling at his IV tubes and responding to doctors' commands. It was a remarkable turn considering doctors had thought the Skowhegan teen would die from a BB fired through his left temple, buried deeply enough in his brain as to rule out surgery, per Fox News. But "I know my son, he's really strong," Lauri Quimby, 45, tells the Daily News. "It just wasn't meant to be that he'd die." By Monday, Quimby, 19, was free from a ventilator and breathing on his own, his mother says. On Tuesday, he was upgraded from critical to serious condition, per WCSH. "He's doing a little better. He's going to make it," says Quimby's father, Jade Goodridge. There's still plenty of recovery ahead, though: With the BB likely to remain where it is, Quimby could suffer eyesight issues along with "problems with balance and coordination," Goodridge says. He adds he "doesn't really know the facts of how it all went down," but was told the shooting was an accident. Police, continuing to investigate, believe Quimby's friend, 20-year-old William McCarty, fired the fateful BB while the two were hanging out at McCarty's home. McCarty then called 911. No criminal charges have been filed.