Mother warns about celebratory gunfire after bullet pierces through West End Atlanta home

The Brief

  • Minutes into the New Year, a bullet pierced a window and several walls of a West End Atlanta home.
  • The homeowner hopes her story discourages others from celebratory gunfire.
  • No one was injured, and Atlanta Police have opened an investigation.

ATLANTA A mother is warning about the dangers of celebratory gunfire after a bullet flew through a window and multiple walls, landing inches from her family inside her West Side Atlanta home.

What they’re saying:

Shari Woods said she and her family are traumatized after a bullet entered her home minutes after midnight on New Year’s Day. Woods said she, her mother and her 11-year-old son went outside just before the New Year to watch fireworks but then started hearing gunfire.

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