CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – A woman who was shot in the face by a stray bullet in Charlotte last Fourth of July is asking people to think twice before recklessly firing guns.
On July 4, 2025, the bullet struck Leah Hixon in the face, shattering her jaw, while she was inside a home in north Charlotte off Jane Avenue.
After months of treatment and reconstructive surgery, many of Hixon’s physical wounds have healed. But the emotional recovery, she said, has been just as difficult…