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The healing process was slow for the young man who can’t speak but is quick to smile, hug and reach for a hand.

CHICAGO — When Jesus Rega got his high school diploma, he didn’t get to walk across the stage. He couldn’t. As classmates donned caps and gowns, he was bedridden after being hospitalized for a blood clot and too afraid to get in the car — more complications in a long recovery after being shot in the head and stomach while waiting for the school bus outside his Back of the Yards home last ...

When Jesus Rega got his high school diploma, he didn’t get to walk across the stage. He couldn’t. As classmates donned caps and gowns, he was bedridden after being hospitalized for a blood clot and too afraid to get in the car — more complications in a long recovery after being shot in the head and stomach while waiting for the school bus outside his Back of the Yards home last January. ...

Jesus Rega who was shot last month in the Back of the Yards while waiting for his school bus, is "making a fast recovery," his family said.

The group approached Jesus Rega in front of his home and yelled that they were members of the Two-Six street gang that’s notorious in the area. But Chicago police believe the attackers were actually aligned with the Latin Saints and were using a tactic called “false flagging.”