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William Gonzalez, 22, was treated for an injury to his eyeball an eye socket.
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Lakers fan treated for eyeball injury (Warning: graphic images)

William Gonzalez suffered gruesome injuries to his right eye when he was hit by an LAPD projectile while celebrating the Lakers’ NBA title near Staples Center. The following are graphic images from his doctor.

Warning to our readers: Graphic images

William Gonzalez, 22, was treated for injuries to his eyeball and eye socket after being hit by an LAPD projectile. The following are graphic images from his doctor.  (Dr. Linden Doss)

A doctor's gloved hand opens the bloody, bruised eye socket of a patient

Dr. Linden Doss shows the injuries to William Gonzalez’s right eye and eye socket.  (Dr. Linden Doss)

Doctor's gloved hand opens bruised eyelid to show horrific damage to man's eyeball

The damage was extensive, Doss said, as if Gonzales had been struck by a bat and bitten by a dog all at once.  (Dr. Linden Doss)

Doctor uses cotton swab and metal tools to work on bloody, injured eye

Gonzalez will never see out of his right eye and will probably need to have it removed to avoid the threat of losing vision in his good eye, the doctor said.  (Dr. Linden Doss)

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Lakers fan treated for eyeball injury (Warning: graphic images)

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