Shots fired into home, narrowly missing 2 young boys sleeping
By Sean MacKinnon
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FLORENCE, Kentucky (WLWT) — Bullets were fired in a quiet Florence neighborhood, nearly hitting two boys sleeping inside a home.
Around 10:30 p.m. Monday, the family heard gunshots. Then, the sounds of car engines taking off.
That’s when they realized their home was hit — the bullet holes right above the beds where two young boys sleep.
The quiet of a fresh snowfall, and the innocence of Christmastime.
Twelve-year-old Kobee and his brother woke up when the bullet ripped through their walls flying just inches above both of their beds.
“Cause they could have hit me or him. And we both could have died,” Kobee Sanchez said.
Their father Leo Sanchez could have lost both his boys.
“You see this, how close my kids were, about to die. Two kids at the same time. Can you imagine?” Sanchez said.
Neighbors also hearing the gunshots outside their homes.
“And out of nowhere I heard about five or six gunshots,” Jesse Turner said.
Florence officers showed up in less than ten minutes.
On Tuesday, Sanchez showed WLWT the path the shots took and took a picture of one of the mangled bullets.
“I mean it’s a really, really quiet community so to have that kind of thing happen is really, really surprising and jarring,” Turner said.
Florence police said they weren’t sure if the home was targeted or caught in crossfire.
Detectives are trying to identify the shooter or shooters, but don’t have any suspect information.
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