Two Teens Nearly Hit By Gunfire

Sat., May 16, 1998

Two Spokane teenagers were nearly hit with gunfire while sleeping in their homes in two unrelated incidents this week.

A bullet just missed a 17-year-old sleeping in his East Central Spokane home early Thursday, police said. The teen was asleep near a window in a house on East Hartson about 6:30 a.m. Thursday when a bullet came through the window, police said.

Officers found a shotgun shell and wadding from the shell inside the home, police said.

Early Friday, a bullet that came through the roof and ceiling of a northwest Spokane home lodged in a bed where a teenager was sleeping, police said.

Officers were called to a home in the 8600 block of North Forest Boulevard about 6 a.m. after the unidentified 16-year-old was awakened by a loud noise.

The teen found a bullet next to him lodged in the bed, police said.

Family members in the home found a hole in the roof and ceiling above the bed. Officers believe someone in the area fired a gun into the air and the stray bullet hit the home.

Anyone with information about these incidents should call Crime Check at 456-2233.

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