Tiffany Barnett was nine years old when her older brother was killed by a bullet that was shot into the air. She did not think that years later she would be triggered by someone taking those same actions.
It was just after midnight on New Year’s Day when a bullet came through her roof and became lodged in the drywall of her home. She and her family had just finished celebrating together.
“We heard it but didn’t realize it was literally so close to home. We heard people shooting outside in the neighborhood. I didn’t notice until I went to change the dog bowl. I saw white power and residue on the floor so I looked up and there is a silver piece sticking out,” Barnett said.
Her thoughts immediately turned to her brother who was shot when someone fired into the air outside a club years earlier.
“He was just minding his business … somebody just shot into the air, that bullet came down and went right through his brain. I just kept thinking, this could have easily been my mother, my husband or the dog. I didn’t feel safe in my neighborhood anymore. We called the police,” she said