A woman was grazed by a stray bullet that tore through the wall of her Dallas home early Saturday morning, according to police, who responded to a reported shooting on West Lawson Road. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation, and investigators had not announced any arrests.
Officers were called to the West Lawson Road address after the shooting was reported, as first detailed by WFAA. Police found the woman inside her home after the bullet entered the residence, and she was taken to a hospital for evaluation. As of the latest update, no arrests had been made in the investigation.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear.
The incident adds to a string of recent stray-bullet cases that have struck inside Dallas-area homes rather than in the open. In a separate case, a 10-year-old boy was shot in the leg by a stray bullet while sleeping in his bed late one Monday night in Dallas's Red Bird area, according to FOX 4. That shooting happened along the 3200 block of South Cockrell Hill Road near the Woodglen Park Apartments, and investigators believed someone fired at least five rounds from outside the complex, with two bullets passing through the apartment's wall and window. The boy's mother and 14-year-old sister were also inside at the time but were not hurt, and police said no suspects had been identified and no description was available as they searched for surveillance footage.
Fatal Stray Bullet in Fort Worth
FOX 4's review of the Dallas Police crime map found that 41 assaults, 28 robberies, and one homicide had been reported within a half-mile radius of that apartment complex over the prior year, underscoring the kind of neighborhood risk that can turn an open window or thin wall into a hazard.
A similarly harrowing case played out in Fort Worth, where a woman inside her home was fatally struck by a stray bullet one Friday night, according to CBS News Texas. Police said the shot came from outside the home on the 3400 block of Tahiti Lane in the city's South Division. First responders arrived around 8:51 p.m. for what was initially reported as a fall, before it was determined the woman had suffered a gunshot wound.
Fort Worth detectives said they were reviewing surveillance video, canvassing the neighborhood, and working to identify any people or vehicles that might be connected to that shooting. No arrests had been made in that investigation either. Taken together, the cases illustrate how a bullet fired outside can still find its way through a wall, a window, or a bedroom — leaving residents like the West Lawson Road woman dealing with the aftermath of violence they had no part in.
