Dear White People' star DeRon Horton says he was shot in the arm a few days before Christmas. He has since been discharged from a hospital, post-surgery.

DeRon Horton, who has starred opposite Samuel J. Jackson and Denzel Washington, is counting his blessings for not ending up "in a casket or paralyzed" from the shooting.

Dear White People's DeRon Horton is focused on his recovery after he was recently involved in a shooting. “First off. I wanna give an honor to God for covering me and protecting me to make it out this situation and countless other ones,