TRUCK STOP BULLET CASE PROBE CONTINUES
12:37PM Wednesday
January 2, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATING A BIZARRE SHOOTING ON I-40 NEAR THE FLYING-J TRUCK STOP. A 23 YEAR OLD MAN DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY FROM CALIFORNIA WITH A FEMALE COMPANION WAS HIT BY A BULLET. THE BULLET APPARENTLY GRAZED HIS THIGH WHEN IT WENT THROUGH HIS WINDSHIELD , LEAVING WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS A HUGE RED MARK. LUCKILY, IT DIDN'T BREAK HIS SKIN.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 3:00 TUESDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO TRACE THE ORIGIN OF THE BULLET.