MIAMI (CBS4) - A five year-old victim of a shooting spree that nearly took his life one year ago is appealing for help from the public and is demanding an apology from the gunman.

"You need to apologize for shooting me," said Nathaniel Martin Jr. "You need to apologize."

Martin and his mother spoke to CBS4's Peter D'Oench on the eve of the anniversary of the shooting at a basketball court by an apartment complex at 1231 N.W. 58th Terrace.

A bullet grazed Martin's lung and he spent a week in Jackson Memorial Hospital recovering. The shooting also left 9-year-old Zaiqun Highland with a bullet lodged in his right elbow and another bullet grazed his left elbow.

A third person, an adult, was shot in the buttocks. Martin's mother believes that he was the target of the shooting. Police are still seeking the gunman who opened fire with an AK 47 assault rifle.

"They were shooting while I was playing basketball," said Martin. When D'Oench asked him how he felt about the shooting, he responded, "Sad."

Martin and his family have moved to a new apartment after receiving subsidies through the Miami-Dade Community Action Agency and Hands, the Housing Assistance Network of Dade.

"Do you feel safer?" D'Oench asked Martin.

"Yes," he said. "Because they don't shoot around here. I feel a lot better. I've been watching TV and having a good time."

"I have been playing with my friends and I feel good about that," he said. "Because they don't shoot around here."

When D'Oench asked him if he'd like the public to help out with tips, he nodded his head and said "Yes."

"What would that mean to you if they found out who did this? Would that mean a lot to you?" D'Oench asked. Martin responded, "Yes."

D'Oench noted that Martin was the youngest crime victim that he had ever interviewed. And D'Oench said he would never forget what Martin said to him a year ago, as he was released from Jackson Memorial Hospital: "Why did you shoot me?" Martin said at the time.

His mother, Tracey Powell, told D'Oench that she is still upset about the shooting.

"It could have been another child like him," she said. "It could have been another innocent bystander."

Powell said she was happy that her son was making progress.

"I feel real good about this and I am blessed that we have gone through another year and that I am here with him," Powell said.

Thursday was a big day for Martin. He finished pre school classes and is set to go to kindergarten in the fall.

He hopes he can live at his new apartment for a long time.

He did tell D'Oench that he is still having nightmares about the shooting. "I can't forget what happened," he said. "I still have those bad dreams."

Powell believes the gunman was targetting a man known on the streets as "Reggie" and believes the shooting was drug related.

If you know anything at all about this incident, call Miami Police or Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at 305 471-tips (8477).