Stray Bullet Incidents

Stray Bullet Incidents ---
Also see Bystander Targeted Killings ---

How are police always sure that a stray bullet wasn't actually intended to hit an apparent innocent bystander? Why do gangs who shoot at each other or randomly into buildings and cars seem to hit bystanders and not any "intended target"? Terrorists deliberately target random targets for no apparent motive other than to cause harm and spread terror.


October 6, 2015 1 killed  Bystander killed by stray bullet in Canoga Park gang shooting, police say Oct 7  Los Angeles Times‎ - A bystander leaving work was struck and killed by a stray bullet fired by a gang member at a rival gang Tuesday night in Canoga Park, police said. The victim ..kills man leaving work in Canoga Park KABC-TV‎

October 4, 2015 9 yr old girl latest bystander shot outside her home in Baltimore shooting of a 9-year-old girl outside her home in Waverly on Sunday afternoon was just the latest in recent weeks in which an innocent bystander was caught by stray gunfire, prompting exasperated residents and city officials to ask whether people have become numb to the violence.  ready to go shopping when a man suddenly emerged from a nearby corner and opened fire on a group of young men strolling down Old York Road

Oct 2, 2015 Stray bullets again strike bystanders in Baltimore city Two days before  9-year-old girl outside her home in Waverly  71-year-old James Gaylord was killed when someone opened fire in a crowded shopping center in Northwest Baltimore in the middle of the afternoon, striking five people in all Alternative theory: Could the cases be connected in a campaign of terror by assassins posing as random thugs?

July 15, 2015 "Stray" bullet kills not-targeted Indianapolis woman bystander in her kitchen - USA Today USA Today Jul 17, 2015 41-year-old woman Renea Lloyd was working in her kitchen when a stray bullet came through her home, killing her. Son found his mother in the kitchen and called police. Alternative theory: could she be a random target of someone deliberately shooting into a home?

August 1, 2014 3-year-old girl killed in drive-by shooting in Waverly ... Baltimore Sun  Aug 2, 2014 - A 3-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet Friday after a gunman opened fire in North Baltimore's Waverly neighborhood, the latest shooting in ...