Burton woman hears gunshots, hits the floor. ‘Sure enough, there was a bullet hole’

She was reading before bed around 10 p.m. Monday — just like any other night — when Burton resident Michelle Marley heard a bullet hit her house. She dove off the bed to take cover on the floor.

Several shots were fired at Broad River Boulevard and WK Alston Drive, and a few of those hit Marley’s home and her neighbors’ home, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office report. Eight .40-caliber casings, three .45-caliber casings and four 9mm casings were found in the roadway.

One bullet went through the siding of Marley’s front wall, according to a Sheriff’s Office report. She said the bullet didn’t look like it made it into the interior of her home and she hadn’t been able to find the bullet.

“When the police came, I was shaking,” she said on Tuesday. “Sure enough, there was a bullet hole. ... It scared the bejeezus out of me. It almost sounded like it was in my yard.”

The neighboring home also was hit, but the bullets struck brick and didn’t penetrate the wall, according to the report. Marley said one bullet cracked her neighbor’s window.

After the gunshots, Marley reported hearing a vehicle rev its engine and speed away, but she didn’t see it so she couldn’t provide a vehicle description, according to the report.

Some friends offered to let her stay with them for the night since she was alone, but Marley declined: “It can happen anywhere,” she said.

No injuries were reported and no suspects have been identified, Sheriff’s Office Capt. Bob Bromage said Tuesday. It is unclear exactly where the shots came from or who the intended target was, Bromage said. The incident is still under investigation.

This story was originally published November 28, 2017 at 12:33 PM with the headline "Burton woman hears gunshots, hits the floor. ‘Sure enough, there was a bullet hole’."