Stray bullets hit home in Santa Teresa

SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Families living along the open desert in Santa Teresa say gunfire has become a weekend routine — and one homeowner told ABC-7 his house has been struck by bullets twice in a year.

ABC-7 spoke with a homeowner who says his family does not feel safe. He told ABC-7 he and his family hear gunfire almost every weekend, and one of those bullets recently struck his home. A security camera from the home captured ten shots during a recent late-night incident; the tenth round hit the house. The homeowner says the most frightening part is how close his family was to the spot where it landed.

“Hopefully it doesn’t hit a family — because we’re usually back here. This is where we do our cookouts,” he said…

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