Woman Decorating Tree Wounded by Stray Bullet
A woman was shot in the neck as she decorated her Christmas tree Friday when a stray bullet pierced the front door of her home, police said.
The bullet apparently was fired about 8:30 p.m. near the woman’s house in the 3900 block of South Budlong Avenue, said Lucy Diaz, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department. Several .45-caliber shell casings were found about 100 yards from her home. Police do not have any information about what happened there, Diaz said.
The woman, whose name was not released, is in critical condition at a hospital, but expected to live, Diaz said. She is in her late 30s, and married with two teenage children, Diaz said.
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