Stray bullet lands near plan pen. Family suspects celebratory NYE shooting.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A household connected Jacksonville’s Northside is frustrated and horrified aft bullets came flying into their location and astir deed their one-year-old son.

One of the bullets went close done their son’s play pen, but helium wasn’t determination astatine the time.

Clinton Washington Jr. was terrified that a slug could person deed his son.

“My one-year-old son, that is our joy. And arsenic a parent, surviving successful your home. You conscionable don’t ever expect to person to interest astir you cognize thing similar that taking place,” Washington Jr. said.

Washington Jr. said helium saw idiosyncratic crossed from his location shooting guns connected Friday night.

“I could person been deed by the slug if it hadn’t been 2 much feet to the right,” helium said. “She could person been deed erstwhile she was successful the hallway, and if my lad was successful his playpen helium astir decidedly could person been hit.”

Police were called and a forensic detective began marking wherever each slug entered their home.

“We had to hold extracurricular for astir 2 and a fractional hours for them to bash their part. The forensic detective was trying to find however the slug went not lone done the Lanai door, but besides however it traveled done my son’s playpen deed the refrigerator and it ended up successful my small couch,” Washington Jr. said. “They determined that the slug ended up splitting successful fractional erstwhile it deed the doorway and the 2nd fractional of the slug is what traveled done my son’s play pin. "

Washington Jr. is grateful that nary 1 was wounded but helium hopes that idiosyncratic is held accountable. He said his household wants to consciousness harmless wrong their home.

No arrests person been made astatine this time.