Iowa Boy Injured By Falling Bullet While Watching Fireworks
COUNCIL BLUFFS ,Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs Police say a bullet someone fired into the air wounded a 7-year-old boy who was watching fireworks with his grandparents.
When the boy started crying and complaining about shoulder pain Saturday night, his grandparents initially thought he'd been hurt by fireworks.
But while treating the wound, the boy's grandmother discovered a bullet in the wound, which was about ¼-inch deep.
Police say the .223-caliber bullet was likely fired in another location and hit the boy's shoulder as it fell.
The boy was treated at a local hospital and released.
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