Teen survivor of Spirit Halloween shooting in Fairfield: 'It was like a movie'
A 16-year-old boy shot inside a Fairfield, CA Spirit Halloween store on Oct. 30 described the moment a bullet passed through his hand. Suspect Monte Smith, 17, faces eight felony charges.
Teen recalls bullet wound at Solano Town Center Spirit Halloween
A 16-year-old boy shot inside the Spirit Halloween store at Solano Town Center in Fairfield, California, on October 30 described the moment the bullet passed through his body in an interview with KRON 4, NY Post Metro reports.
"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," the teen said. "Then I just start laying on my back — Jesus, Jesus, Jesus… I got real scared."
The boy recalled a bystander approaching to offer comfort and urging him to keep calling out to Jesus. When officers and paramedics arrived, the injured teen repeatedly asked about a pregnant woman lying nearby. "Is she breathing… forget about me… go check on her," he told first responders, despite his own wounds.
The teen was one of six survivors of the mass shooting. A 31-year-old pregnant woman, identified as Constance Hages, was killed. Hages was 13 weeks pregnant at the time of her death. Because the pregnancy had progressed beyond the embryonic stage, prosecutors are able to pursue a separate murder charge for the unborn child.
The teen's mother extended forgiveness to the alleged shooter. "I forgive him of his actions because his village failed him," she said.
Authorities arrested 17-year-old Monte Smith in connection with the shooting. The Solano County District Attorney's Office is charging Smith with eight felony offenses, along with multiple gun enhancements. Smith had previously been arrested in connection with a 2025 shooting at a local high school parking lot. He is currently held at a juvenile detention center, and prosecutors are seeking to try him as an adult.
A GoFundMe campaign created by Hages' niece had raised nearly $11,000 toward a $12,000 goal at the time of reporting.
Source: NY Post Metro