Brother Moses drummer Corey Dill has been discharged from the hospital, but he still has a long way to go before he fully recovers. Deere spent less than a month at the Baylor Medical Center. He was injured after a confrontation with a thief who broke into the band’s van. His indie rock band in Arkansas will play at Deep Ellum Art Co. on October 19th. Break into the band’s van before the show.

Deere is still able to walk, but it will take him about six weeks to recover, so he spends most of his time in a wheelchair. The swelling on his face has subsided and his right arm has some strength, but he said he still found it difficult to move his clavicle fractured.

"But in most cases," Deere said, "I feel like I can go with the flow. That's the way it is, and I will do my best...This is how I try to approach it."

When Dill and guitarist Moses Gomez walked back to the venue to perform on October 19th, they found a man rooted around the van and realized that this was not a "clothing person," Dill said. They chased the unidentified person, and he fled the scene with some of the band's belongings, including Dill's backpack.

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"He quickly walked into the alley, but he hasn't started running yet," Dill said. "When he entered the alley, he started to run."

Dill saw the man sneak into the passenger side of a black GMC Sierra truck. The next thing he remembered was waking up on the "very painful" ground.

"I really don't remember anything after that, like if I catch him or try to throw him down," Dill said. "In my impression, he reached the passenger door when he entered quickly. This is the end of what I remember until I was lying on the ground a few minutes later."

Gomez said days after the incident that when the unidentified man and his driver escaped, the escaped vehicle may have run over Dier. Dill suffered several injuries, including a fractured pelvis, which was held in place by a metal brace that was surgically installed. Since the incident, he has undergone two operations.

"The nurse may miss some information," Dill said. "They just assumed that I wouldn't be able to walk for a few months, maybe they had told me, but I was unaware at the time. Some information kept pouring in in a discordant way. When I woke up, they found several 5-inch-long pieces of metal. Something sticks out of my hips, it's really an experience."

"When I woke up to find several 5-inch-long metal objects protruding from my hips, it was a real experience." – Corey Deere

The response to calls for help from the band and his friends and family was overwhelming. Dill said he does not have health insurance, but fans and supporters have raised more than $58,000 in donations to help him pay for these expenses on GoFundMe, including an anonymous donor who donated $10,000 to him.

"The support and all the love I get is incredible, especially in the first few days when I don't have a mobile phone, my wife will read things like comments and messages," Dier said. "I find this very encouraging and uplifting. It's incredible to see so many people supporting me."

These days, while resting in the attic owned by John LaRue, the owner of Deep Ellum Art Co., doing everything he can to keep busy, he gave Deere a place to stay until he recovered enough to travel. His band members stepped in and bought him a Nintendo Switch, so he spent most of his time "sitting and playing The Legend of Zelda".

Deere said that before he can walk again, he will need more surgery and rehabilitation in the future. Once he can get a smaller fixator to fix his pelvis, it should take about six weeks.

"I must be fidgeting," Dill said. "I hope at least I can go home. Otherwise, I am still trying to take it every day." 

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