A Bluffton home was shot at 3 times. 1 bullet went through the kid’s bedroom, police say

A Bluffton home was fired on three times early New Year’s Day and one bullet struck a child’s bedroom, according to reports from the Bluffton Police Department and Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.

Bluffton Police arrived at Hallmark White Oak Apartments on Haigler Boulevard around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, the report said.

The homeowner was lying on her bed with a friend when she saw bullets hit her apartment, the report said.

The woman told police she had gotten into an argument on social media. Moments later, she said. the shots were fired through her bedroom window and her child’s bedroom wall, the reports said.

Officers found three shell casings in the parking lot and a spent round on the child’s bedroom floor, the report said.

Lana Ferguson

The Island Packet

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Lana Ferguson typically covers stories in northern Beaufort County, Jasper County and Hampton County. She joined The Island Packet & Beaufort Gazette in 2018 as a crime/breaking news reporter. Before coming to the Lowcountry, she worked for publications in her home state of Virginia and graduated from the University of Mississippi, where she was editor-in-chief of the daily student newspaper. Lana was also a fellow at the University of South Carolina’s Media Law School in 2019. Support my work with a digital subscription