AUSTIN, Texas - The victim in October’s shooting at the Austin Central Library is now facing multiple surgeries and mounting medical costs.

The backstory:

On October 25, 31-year-old Nicholas Berry was visiting from Waco when he stopped by the library to brush up on some studying for his online classes.

At one point, he went to the building’s 6th floor bathroom. It was there he saw 55-year-old Harold Keene standing on top of a toilet in a stall. Berry went to the open space next to Keene when he saw something poke out of the stall. Berry was then shot once through the right wrist and into his thigh.

"I didn't even give this man a reason. You know what I mean? He just basically chose me," says Berry.

Berry was transported to Dell Seton Medical Center, where he went into surgery and sp

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