RALEIGH, N.C. — Police in North Carolina are trying to figure out who fired a shot that hit a woman during a New Year's celebration in downtown Raleigh.
Police said in a statement Tuesday that the shooting happened just minutes after midnight amid the celebration. Police say 22-year-old Kaitlyn Kong was hit near the intersection of Fayetteville and Davie streets.
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She was taken to a hospital with injuries that police say are not thought to be life-threatening.
The News & Observer reports that Capt. Bill McGregor says the bullet came down from above and hit Kong on the top of her chest, then lodged in her abdomen.
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McGregor says with all the police that were in the area, it's unlikely the shot was fired there.
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