A Northern California couple didn’t report
that their 10-year-old daughter had been
shot for more than five hours because they
mistook her bleeding for a period, police
said Friday.
The girl was sleeping in her Hayward
home around 2 a.m. Thursday when a stray
bullet from drive-by shooting wounded her
in the buttocks, Sgt. Mark Ormsby said.
When the girl woke up in pain and had
blood in her underwear, her parents
thought she had started her period, police
said. They also found no indication she had
been shot.
Ormsby said when she woke up for school
and was still in pain, her parents inspected
her bed and saw bullet holes.
The girl’s doctor told investigators the
bullet’s entry wound was small and could
have been easily overlooked if the family
thought she was menstruating.
The girl remained hospitalized in stable
condition Friday, Lt. Mark Stuart said.
Police don’t have a motive for the shooting
and no arrest has been made.
that their 10-year-old daughter had been
shot for more than five hours because they
mistook her bleeding for a period, police
said Friday.
The girl was sleeping in her Hayward
home around 2 a.m. Thursday when a stray
bullet from drive-by shooting wounded her
in the buttocks, Sgt. Mark Ormsby said.
When the girl woke up in pain and had
blood in her underwear, her parents
thought she had started her period, police
said. They also found no indication she had
been shot.
Ormsby said when she woke up for school
and was still in pain, her parents inspected
her bed and saw bullet holes.
The girl’s doctor told investigators the
bullet’s entry wound was small and could
have been easily overlooked if the family
thought she was menstruating.
The girl remained hospitalized in stable
condition Friday, Lt. Mark Stuart said.
Police don’t have a motive for the shooting
and no arrest has been made.
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