Siblings fight for justice after brother in a coma after flung from roof of stolen car in Queens
RICHMOND HILL, Queens (WABC) -- With severe brain swelling, a broken jaw, feeding and breathing tubes, Taureé Thompson remains in a coma - his siblings spent hours at his hospital bedside.
"My brother may never come out of the coma, and he, he's sleeping - he's not responding to anything, and it's just devastating. He's 28 years old, just beginning to live his life," said Tedra Thompson Grant.
Taureé was picking up a Doordash order from the Taco Bell on Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill when three teens tried to drive away in his Lexus. Taureé ran out and jumped on the roof. Moments later - the teen s slammed into a fire hydrant. The car flipped over, flinging Taureé to the ground.
"I saw it, and I felt like I was looking at something from a movie. Yeah, like someone on the top of the roof, and then you get flung across. I was shocked when I saw that," said Sharonn Thompson.
Surveillance video shows three teens climbing from the crashed car and running away - two of the suspects - both 15 years old, were later caught. A third suspect is still on the loose.
Taureé was an aspiring music artist who loved to bring others joy through singing. Now, his siblings are his voice and are fighting to give him justice.
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