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<amp-jwplayer data-media-id&equals;"OSwdR212" data-player-id&equals;"AHLj8qWB" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"16" height&equals;"9" class&equals;"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-media-component i-amphtml-video-interface i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" i-amphtml-layout&equals;"responsive"><iframe width&equals;"640px" height&equals;"360px" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;content&period;jwplatform&period;com&sol;players&sol;"OSwdR212"-AHLj8qWB&period;html&quest;isAMP&equals;true" class&equals;"i-amphtml-fill-content" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"overflow&colon; hidden&semi;"><&sol;iframe><&sol;amp-jwplayer><amp-analytics type&equals;"googleanalytics" data-credentials&equals;"include">&NewLine; <script type&equals;"application&sol;json">&NewLine; &lbrace;&NewLine; "vars"&colon; &lbrace;&NewLine; "account"&colon; "UA-51932734-1"&NewLine; &rcub;&comma;&NewLine; "triggers"&colon; 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Sydney Leday was shot in the head that same night and miraculously lived to tell her story&period; In this TSR Investigates exclusive interview&comma; Leday is stepping into The Shade Room and opening up about what she experienced that night&period; From what she says happened moments before the shooting&comma; to the difficult road to recovery&period; 33-year old Patrick Clark&comma; a known associate of J&period;Prince&comma; has since been arrested and charged as one of the shooters&period; But will justice truly be served in this situation&quest; The Shade Room investigates…'&sol;>&NewLine;<meta &equals;'thumbnailUrl' content&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;Sydney-Leday&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;768'&sol;>&NewLine;<meta &equals;'uploadDate' content&equals;'2023-03-22T08&colon;03&colon;08-07&colon;00'&sol;>&NewLine;<meta &equals;'contentUrl' content&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;jwplayer&period;com&sol;v2&sol;media&sol;OSwdR212'&sol;>&NewLine;<div id&equals;'jwppp-video-1166951' class&equals;'jwplayer'>Loading the player&period;&period;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<script type&equals;'text&sol;javascript'>&NewLine;var playerInstance&lowbar;1166951 &equals; 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<strong>Sydney Leday<&sol;strong> was shot in the head that same night and miraculously lived to tell her story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Victim Who Survived Takeoff&&num;8217&semi;s Shooting Speaks Out Exclusively With <em>The Shade Room<&sol;em><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In this TSR Investigates exclusive interview&comma; Leday is stepping into <em><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;em> and opening up about what she experienced that night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From what she says happened moments before the shooting&comma; to the difficult road to recovery&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>33-year old Patrick Clark&comma; a known associate of J&period;Prince&comma; has since been arrested and charged as one of the shooters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But will justice truly be served in this situation&quest; The Shade Room investigates…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1615909535700422657" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sydney had been celebrating her 24th birthday&comma; which also happened to be Halloween&comma; and was dressed up as a nun&comma; complete with a wig to match and everything&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After a night out with her girlfriends&comma; she got an invite to a party at a bowling alley&period; The decision to attend said party not only changed her life&comma; but almost cost her her life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m Still Working To Try And Get Back To Normal&&num;8230&semi; As &lpar;Normal&rpar; As Possible&&num;8221&semi; Shooting Survivor Says<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; she needs our help&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve never been in this situation before&comma; or known anybody that had to go through what I&&num;8217&semi;ve gone through&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Sydney told TSR Investigates&&num;8217&semi; Justin Carter&period; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m still working to try and get back to normal&comma; as much as possible&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Sydney and a friend ended up going to 810 Billiard and Bowling to attend the party&comma; reportedly being thrown by music executive J&period; Prince&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She went on to say that the vibes were good until the end of the event&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1616276887562584065" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It seemed like everyone knew each other&comma; we were watching them play the game of dice&period; But when we went outside ready to go home&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s when things changed&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Survivor Recalls Seeing Migos Rapper Quavo Talking To Another Man Before Argument Broke Out<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>She recalls seeing Migos rapper Quavo talking to another man&comma; and that&&num;8217&semi;s when an argument broke out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It wasn&&num;8217&semi;t even an argument at first&comma; in my opinion&period; It seemed more like they were just talking about the game&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period; &&num;8220&semi;I was caught off-guard &lpar;when things started to escalate&period;&rpar; That&&num;8217&semi;s when I knew it was time to leave when I saw somebody pulling out a weapon&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1598774126667190272" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She started making her way towards an escalator&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s when she heard the gunshots&period; One after the other&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Everything happened in a few seconds&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Sydney told TSR Investigates&period; &&num;8220&semi;As soon as I saw that I tried to hurry up and get out of there&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Survivor Believes Wig Helped Absorb Some Of The Gunshot Before Friend Rushed Her To Hospital<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Sydney said she started to run away before she found herself falling to the ground&period; Her friend&comma; though&comma; picked her up&period; She said she didn&&num;8217&semi;t even know what happened to her at first&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Fortunately I had on a wig&comma; and when I took it off&comma; and noticed I could feel a lot of blood&period; I knew what happened to me&comma; I just couldn&&num;8217&semi;t understand it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>She was bleeding in the back of the head&period; They managed to get in the car&comma; where her friend rushed her to the hospital&period; Sydney says she then called her mom and told her to meet them at the hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But on the way&comma; she started having a seizure&period; When they did make it to the hospital&comma; Sydney was intubated and placed in a medically induced coma for days&comma; only to eventually wake up&comma; surrounded by her family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1590047633023782912" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Witnesses told police that the dice game was in excess of &dollar;100&comma;000&period; They say that&&num;8217&semi;s what led to the argument&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kirsnick Khari Ball&comma; better known as his stage name Takeoff&comma; had been shot too and fatally wounded&period; Authorities said Takeoff was not involved in the game or the argument&comma; and was killed as an innocent bystander&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Known Associate Of Music Exec J&period; Prince Arrested And Charged As One Of The Shooters<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;em> first reported back in December that Patrick Clark&comma; a known associate of J&period; Prince&comma; was arrested and charged as one of the shooters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An affidavit states Clark could be seen with gun in one hand&comma; firing multiple rounds&comma; and a wine bottle in the other&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sydney says it&&num;8217&semi;s not lost on her how lucky she was to survive the shooting which claimed a beloved rapper&&num;8217&semi;s life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1616272081347395586" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s still unclear who should her&comma; but that&&num;8217&semi;s not her focus these days&period; She has a permanent bald spot now on the back of her head and is in therapy for post-traumatic stress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She says that New Year&&num;8217&semi;s was particularly difficult&comma; as the loud noises from the fireworks left her reeling in fear&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I would tell &lpar;the shooter&rpar; 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