DECATUR — Police said a Decatur woman escaped injury when the parked car she was sitting in was hit with a bullet Sunday evening.
The 20-year-old woman was parked in the 1400 block of East William Street while her mother and two younger siblings shopped in a nearby store.
Decatur police detective Sgt. Chris Copeland said she then described seeing a vehicle stop in the middle of the road around 7:25 p.m. and watching the driver get out.
“She described him reaching around in the front of his shirt or waistband area and then she said she heard a ‘pop’,” said Copeland. “But she didn’t specifically see a gun or see the subject fire any shots.”
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After the man was gone, a bullet hole was found in the rear driver’s side door of the car the woman was sitting in. Police also recovered a .22 caliber shell casing from the middle of the road.
Copeland said neither the daughter or her mother had any idea why their vehicle would be targeted.
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