he Associated Press
Wednesday, Nov. 05, 2008
FORT WORTH, Texas - A stray bullet that injured a NASCAR fan in her motor home at Texas Motor Speedway may have been from a rifle of a target shooter, police said Tuesday.
A 49-year-old man contacted police after being told of news reports that a woman was hit in the arm Sunday morning by a bullet piercing through the roof of her recreational vehicle camped at the speedway, according to Fort Worth police.
The man told detectives Tuesday that he fired five or six rounds from a .50 caliber Vulcan single-shot rifle near a rifle range about five miles from the speedway from about 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., police said.
Detectives confiscated the Vulcan rifle and will conduct ballistics tests. If it matches the recovered bullet, the man could face a charge of deadly conduct for recklessly firing a weapon in the direction of others, police said.
Before any charges are considered, detectives will submit evidence from the investigation to the district attorney, police said.
The 62-year-old woman's condition was unavailable Tuesday.
Here's the latest on the shooting --(paraphrased below)
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ― The woman hit by a stray bullet at the Texas Motor Speedway Sunday was discharged from the hospital Thursday night. Police made a preliminary match to the gun after a Benbrook man came forward.
What's left is detective work to see if his story matches the bullet. Police are inspecting the .50 caliber bullet that hit Jill King inside her RV at the Texas Motor Speedway.
Jill's husband says the man who fired it told him it ricocheted off a berm - the dirt mound behind the target. The man who fired the .50 caliber bullet told the victim's husband he was shooting at a target 700 yards from where he was standing. He also said the range he was at was located two and a half miles north of the Texas Motor Speedway.
cbs11tv.com - Investigation Into TMS Shooting Continues
