Stray Bullet Misses Man's Head By Inches
Police Searching For Shooters
POSTED: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
UPDATED: 2:24 pm EST February 10,
2004
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A motorist in Orlando says God saved him after a bullet missed his head by inches as he drove his car through the middle of a neighborhood gun battle, according to Local 6 News.
Police said Alfred Fitzpatrick was driving on the busy Cinderlane Boulevard Monday night when a bullet broke his window and lodged in his car's headrest -- behind his head. 
"God was with me because if it wasn't for God that bullet would have went through my temple," Fitzpatrick said.Police said men standing in an apartment complex parking lot shot several times at a group of people across Cinderlane, Local 6 News reporter Kim Dean said.At the same monment gunfire began, Fitzpatrick drove throught the crossfire and his vehicle was hit.Orlando police officer Ralph Mills said there were plenty of witnesses to the shooting but none that are willing to identify the shooters.Investigators are searching for the shooters.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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Stray Bullet Misses Man Head By Inches"God was with me because if it wasn't for God that bullet would have went through my temple," Fitzpatrick said.Police said men standing in an apartment complex parking lot shot several times at a group of people across Cinderlane, Local 6 News reporter Kim Dean said.At the same monment gunfire began, Fitzpatrick drove throught the crossfire and his vehicle was hit.Orlando police officer Ralph Mills said there were plenty of witnesses to the shooting but none that are willing to identify the shooters.Investigators are searching for the shooters.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.Copyright 2005 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
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