The five-year-old Limerick boy who was wounded in a feud-related shooting is out of hospital but is still refusing to sleep in his grandmother's house, where he lives with his family.
Jordan Crawford suffered a gunshot wound to his thigh when a gunman opened fire outside a house in O'Malley Park at 7.30pm last Sunday night.
The youngster was bleeding heavily when the emergency services arrived at the scene and has two marks on his leg from where the bullet passed through his thigh.
He was discharged from the Mid Western Regional Hospital yesterday afternoon but is on crutches and will have to wear a bandage for the next six weeks.
"He's fine and we're delighted that he's out of hospital and home but he is still refusing to sleep here," said Olivia Crawford, the boy's mother.
She was speaking at her mother's house yesterday, where her son was surrounded by toys and a large get well card from his school pals at Southill junior school, where he started school just last September.
"He's able to walk a little but has a limp so they gave him the crutches to help him," Ms Crawford added. "He loves school but I don't think he'll be able to go back for a while."
The mother of three, who is due to give birth to her fourth baby in April, says she loves living with her parents in O'Malley Park, but feels she has to move out of the house for the sake of her children.
"I'm going to go away from here for a while and stay with a friend. I love where I live but I'm afraid to stay here for my children's sake. It's terrible to hear a five-year-old saying that he's afraid to sleep in his house in case he gets shot."
Jordan's grandmother, Mary Crawford, has been living in her house in O'Malley Park for 37 years.
She is determined not to move away from the house where she reared her 12 children.
"Where would I go? I have great neighbours and friends here and I don't want to move," she said. "Of course I'm afraid for my family but I'm not leaving my home."