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Born and raised in Metro Vancouver, Nathan Demian was living his dream playing soccer for top-ranked Ohio State University, when he was shot during a post-game pizza run with his brother Saturday night.

“I didn’t actually see the cars, but from what I heard, there was two cars and they were shooting at each other,” said Nathan’s brother Joel, who also plays university soccer in the U.S.

“He caught a stray bullet. It was nothing to do with us.”

As Nathan was rushed to hospital with a bullet wound to his abdomen, word spread to his extended family, including his sister and mother in B.C., who are both family doctors.

“Instantly, my whole body was in tremors,” said Nathan’s sister Anna Demian.

“My mom and I just fell to the ground, and, you know, your knees give out, and you have nothing left to hold on to.”

“They were going …

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