FAIRFIELD, Calif. (KRON) -- A 17-year-old suspect faces multiple charges, including murder and attempted murder, following a mass shooting inside a Spirit Halloween store at the Solano Town Center in Fairfield on Friday, Oct. 30. The shooting resulted in the deaths of 31-year-old Constance Hages and her unborn child, while six other people sustained injuries. Prosecutors are seeking to try the 17-year-old suspect as an adult for his alleged role in the shooting. The gunfire erupted near the front checkout counter of the costume store, where patrons were shopping. Among the six wounded survivors was a 16-year-old boy who was shopping for a costume with his father when the shooting started. The father was also shot and is recovering, while his 16-year-old son remains hospitalized undergoing treatment for a gunshot wound to his stomach. The 16-year-old survivor recalled standing by the store counter just moments before the gunfire erupted. Man fatally shot near marina in Vallejo: police (Photo: KRON4 News) “A couple minutes later, as I stand directly in front of the cash register right next to the door, two loud bangs go off,” the teenager told KRON4 during an interview in his hospital bed. Following the initial gunshots, the teenager's father pulled him down onto the floor and both began crawling across the store ground to seek cover. The boy described realizing he had been wounded while lying on his back. “I felt the bullet wound; it was like a movie, 'cause I look at it and everything just zoomed into my hand and my hands just shaking,” he said. He added, “Then I just start laying on my back Jesus, Jesus, Jesus… I got real scared.” Using what strength he had left, the teenager called out to a store employee for assistance. “Everything I had, I said, help, help me! Shot!” he recalled. The employee realized he was wounded and immediately called 911. While waiting for emergency personnel to arrive, another man in the store got on the ground beside the wounded teenager to offer comfort. Overhearing the teenager praying, the man encouraged him to continue calling out to Jesus while rubbing his back. “And then he tells me, you know, you took a bullet from somebody, somebody here could of died, but you saved somebody, or something like that, I was like, that's a better way to think of it,” the teenager said. When law enforcement officers and paramedics arrived at the scene, the injured teenager asked officers about the condition of Hages, who was lying nearby on the floor. “And I was like, is she ok, is she ok? Is she breathing the officer says yes, she's breathing, she's all right. How about you? You doing ok? Like, dude, forget about me, flip me, flip me, go check on her,” the survivor said. The teenager's mother has remained at the hospital by his side throughout his treatment. Speaking to KRON4, she expressed gratitude for her son's survival and reflected on his spiritual faith during the shooting. “I'm grateful that God saved my baby, because other people they're still fighting, they're still enduring the things from this tragedy and God is moving in my baby in his recovery and I'm just humbly grateful of his personal relationship with Jesus and knew to call Jesus, because Mommy can't stop the bullet,” she said. The mother described her son as an artistic teenager who enjoys drawing, collecting boxes and building things with a hot glue gun. She explained that his love for Marvel characters was the reason he was determined to get a Marvel costume at the store that night. The survivor recalled maintaining his faith while being transported to his hospital room. “And looked up to the sky and said… Jesus, Jesus, I said it all the way, till we got to this room,” he said. The boy's grandmother has also visited his hospital bed to offer support during his physical recovery. Noticing his eagerness to return home, she advised him to stay patient while receiving care from hospital staff. “Don't be anxious, I know how we get anxious trying to get home, but let em take care of ya, they are the professionals; they'll get you right,” the grandmother said. Addressing the actions of the 17-year-old suspect, the survivor's mother offered forgiveness while describing the social factors surrounding youth violence. “I mean, I forgive him, I forgive him of his actions because his village failed him, ummm I don't know if that would be his mom, grandmother, immediate family members; however, he did have the affirmations from male figures in his life to not go to gang violence and guns, because we know that only leads to nowhere but a graveyard, a jail cell,” she told KRON4. The 16-year-old survivor also shared a message aimed at encouraging young people to resolve disputes without firearms. “If you have problems with anybody, don't be the one with the gun in your hand, just walk away or take it to the higher authorities, that can help you,” the teenager said. The 17-year-old suspect remains in custody at a juvenile detention center. He faces two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and additional weapons charges, while a judge considers the prosecutors' request to try him as an adult. All facts in this report were gathered by journalists employed by KRON4. Artificial intelligence tools were used to reformat information into a news article for our website. This report was edited and fact-checked by KRON4 staff before being published. ...read more read less