Minneapolis, MN
Mother’s car hit by stray bullets as she waited for daughter outside Minneapolis concert
Maplewood mother virtually hit by stray bullets
Whereas attempting to choose up her daughter exterior the High-quality Line in downtown Minneapolis, one Maplewood mom was almost struck by a stray bullet.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A lady from Maplewood narrowly escaped hurt on Sunday night time when two stray bullets hit her car, simply lacking her.
“I used to be simply attempting to choose up my child and within the flawed place on the flawed time,” stated Lisa Andrews in an interview with FOX 9.
Andrews’ teenage daughter, Sophia, had been excited for months to go see Maya Hawke’s sold-out present on the High-quality Line. She parked on First Avenue close to Third Road in downtown Minneapolis whereas she waited to choose up her daughter.
“Hastily, I heard yelling. And so I simply regarded to my left and out got here a man with a gun. He proceeded to shoot, and I heard about 10 photographs. I used to be identical to, ‘Oh my gosh, oh my gosh,’ and he was capturing into the road,” Andrews stated.
Nonetheless sitting in her automobile, Andrews, a prison justice professor, described feeling “frozen” in panic.
“That is once I heard like ‘tink, tink’ on my automobile, and I am like, ‘My automobile bought hit,’” she stated.
Inside 30 seconds, she stated police had her automobile and the realm surrounded. Her daughter had been inside standing in line to purchase merchandise from Hawke, who’s the daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. Andrews shared texts she and her daughter exchanged through which she instructed Sophia to not come exterior and stated her automobile had been shot.
“In accordance with my daughter, as soon as they heard the photographs, the High-quality Line staff had all of them lay on the ground,” she stated.
Minneapolis police instructed us Tuesday they’re nonetheless investigating. However officers stated a person needed to be rushed to the hospital after he was shot. No arrests have been made. Police additionally didn’t point out any connection between the capturing and the present.
“It’s a little regarding to me that they have not caught the particular person,” Andrews stated.
She and her daughter are grateful they weren’t injured, however two days later, they’re nonetheless on edge.
“When I discovered the bullet gap, I am like, ‘Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. That’s so shut,’” she stated.
Her teenage daughter, who’s a giant fan of indie music, feels hesitant to ever discover herself in an analogous scenario once more.
“As quickly as we bought within the automobile and we had been driving and he or she stopped crying, she goes, ‘That is the final time I will a present in Minneapolis,’” she stated.