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He lost his legs in a shooting. Now, the Baltimore program that helped him faces Trump Administration cuts.

May 16, 2025

Marquis Milliner told WJZ that life will never be the same after he was a victim of Baltimore gun violence. “I got shot April 29 of last year. I didn’t wake up until June 14,” he told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren. Milliner, who recently turned 27, knows how lucky he is to celebrate that birthday. “It’s a blessing to be here. They told my mother to cut off my legs,” he said. “I had a 30% chance of living.”