Stray bullet pierces window, bounces off N.H. man's forehead

ROCHESTER, N.H. - Twenty-year-old Josh Demeritt was sitting on his bed in his Rochester, N.H. home Tuesday night playing video games.

Suddenly, things became all too real.

According to CBS Boston, he was struck in the head by a bullet fired through his bedroom window.

 “I ended up finding the bullet on the floor right next to where I was sitting,” said Demeritt.

Police say Demeritt is very fortunate he wasn’t seriously hurt.

“He was lucky that the bullet had gone through enough of the structures to run out of energy,” Rochester Police Capt. Paul Toussaint told the station.

As for whence the bullet came, police say a neighbor across the street, 25-year-old Corey Field, was trying to clean his gun when he fired. They say after the bullet cleared a wall of his apartment, it sailed across the street through a window, curtains, and a wall before hitting Josh.

CBS Boston reports Field also allegedly hid a shell casing in a crushed soda can in his apartment.

Field was arraigned Wednesday on two felony counts, posted $5000 cash bail and was released pending a court hearing later this month.

Bullet man phpoto:  Josh Demeritt, the day after he was hit by the stray bullet. (Photo by Michael Rosenfield-WBZ-TV)

Bulletsuspect: photo: Corey Steven Field. (Photo courtesy: Rochester, NH Police)

Bullet window photo: more rosenfeld