AN DIEGO (CBS 8) – It’s nothing short of a miracle that Will Barton is still alive after he was shot point blank in the head.

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Barton was shot in the head, shoulder and neck while walking home from his late shift at a restaurant. Doctors at Scripps Mercy Hospital gave him a 1 percent chance of survival at the time.But Barton showed an unrelenting fighting spirit as he clung to life for several weeks in an intensive-care bed. Later, he was in several rehabilitation facilities and has regained his ability to speak and has limited use of his arms.