GAFFNEY, S.C. — A sheriff in rural South Carolina says a 42-year-old woman is dead after being hit by a stray bullet as her neighbor practiced firing a gun in his yard.
The neighbor has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and shooting under the influence, Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Muller said in a news release.
Kesha Luwan Lucille Tate, 42, was fatally shot Saturday after hearing gunfire outside her home in rural northern South Carolina, news outlets reported.
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Family members told authorities Tate was looking out her kitchen window when a bullet struck her in the chest, county Coronor Dennis Fowler said in a statement.
The sheriff’s office said Tate’s neighbor was “target practicing” in a neighborhood of about 40 homes. The sheriff called it a “senseless death” that could have been avoided.
“It is mind blowing that a person thinks it’s all right to target practice or discharge a gun within close proximity (of) so many other homes,” Muller said.
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