Police: 3 shot with pellet gun in Campbell County - WCPO
ALEXANDRIA, Ky. – Somebody shot three people with a pellet gun Sunday. Two men and one juvenile boy were hit by pellets in three separate incidents near the Wal-Mart on Alexandria Pike, according to police. ' He said, 'My back is hurting,' and when he lifted the shirt up, that's when he found the wound on the lower back of his son," Alexandria police Sgt. About 10 minutes later, Frodge said, police got another call: A motorcyclist reported being hit, and then another motorcyclist reported the same thing. One of the motorcyclists, Matthew Woodruff, said the pellet hit him in the left buttock. "I just got done eating at Frisch's, I'm cruising along, it's my Sunday and coming back to the house -- and all of the sudden this happens," Woodruff said. All three were hospitalized for treatment of injures that were not life-threatening, police said. Pellet guns and others like it typically aren't lethal: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 40 people have died from pellet gun injuries since 1992. "Even though it's a pellet gun, people should still take it serious because if... Police didn’t immediately know if the shooter was on foot or in a vehicle, though a 2002-2005 Hyundai Sonata may be involved. Source: www.wcpo.com
