Posted on 01/01/2020 1:03:43 PM PST by BenLurkin
Philippa Ashford, 61, was celebrating with her loved ones just after midnight in a cul-de-sac of Houston’s Laurel Oaks neighborhood — where family and friends were shooting off fireworks — when she suddenly clutched her body and said, “I think I’ve been shot,”
Authorities went from house to house searching for shell casings and trying to find out where the gunfire came from.
The incident came after Houston authorities had warned locals not to fire their guns during New Year’s celebrations.
Another man was also shot in the wrist just after midnight in Houston by celebratory gunfire, while he was outside with his roommate, KHOU reported.
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