Teen injured in Lewiston mass shooting released from Mass General Hospital

A teenage victim of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine last month has been released from Mass General for Children in Boston.

In a statement, the family of 16-year-old Gavin Robitaille thanked the medical teams at Central Maine Medical Center and Mass General for "their help saving Gavin and seeing all of us through our darkest moments."

Gavin is a sophomore at Edward Little High School in Auburn, Maine where he is a pitcher on the baseball team. In a GoFundMe post, his father describes him as "having an inner resilience throughout his extremely painful ordeal." His arm was shattered and he suffered muscle and nerve damage when he was shot at the Just In Time bowling alley in Lewiston.

The family says Gavin is facing additional surgeries to reconstruct his arm and will need to return to Boston for care soon.

They thanked everyone for the ongoing "outpouring of generosity, warmth and love" and asked for privacy as they embark down a long road of healing.

This story is a production of the New England News Collaborative. It was originally published by Maine Public.