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Thursday Morning Scare For Steuben County Woman
Friday, January 3, 2020

A Steuben County woman says that she is grateful to be alive after gunshots were fired at her home, Thursday morning. She said at least one of the bullets went through the wall and the kitchen cabinet.

The incident happened near the 3700 block of South 109 West in Pleasant Lake. The Steuben County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that they responded to an emergency call at that address around 10:50 a.m. after shots were fired.

The home's resident, Lisa Bowman has lived in the home for three years and said she was standing on her back porch when she heard the gunfire that she initially thought was fireworks. One bullet hit the home about two feet of where Bowman was standing.

Bowman said investigators found several bullet holes in the back of the home, at least two of them traveled inside. Investigators found a shell casing inside her cabinet near the dishes, she said.

Bowman said within an hour of the reported shooting, a sheriff’s deputy found the person they believed to be responsible. Bowman said he is a teenager who lives in a neighboring subdivision on the other side of the woods. She said she spoke with the teenager and his mother. He told her that it was an accident and that he was doing target practice, she said.

Bowman hopes this will be a lesson to him and others. Bowman said she does plan to pursue charges. She also hopes to get restitution so that she can repair her home.



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