Woman hit in head when stray bullet goes through ceiling
Jul 7, 2021 / 05:08 AM CDT
HORN LAKE, Miss. – A Horn Lake woman was hit in the head by a stray bullet during a bout of celebratory gunfire July Fourth but miraculously wasn’t injured.
Horn Lake police say the bullet hit the roof of a home on Churchwell Drive and traveled through the ceiling before hitting the woman who was sitting on her bed around 11 p.m.
Conswayda Merritt said she had just returned home from a business trip and was seeking refuge from the gunshots and fireworks that were sounding on her street.