A 21-year-old protester was left permanently blind in one eye after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a protest in Santa Ana, California, last week, according to the victim's family.
Jeri Rees said her nephew underwent six hours of surgery after being struck in the face outside the Santa Ana federal building. Doctors found shards of plastic, glass and metal embedded around his eyes and face, including a metal fragment lodged about 7 millimeters from a carotid artery.
