Atlanta Woman Wounded by New Year's Gunfire

An Atlanta woman is at Grady Memorial Hospital recovering from a gunshot wound she sustained when a bullet fired by a New Year’s Day reveler went through her house and struck her in the leg.

According to WSB-TV, Vivian Mayo was watching the Peach Drop on TV from her bed when a bullet came through her ceiling and hit her in the leg. Mayo is expected to survive the injury, police told WSB-TV.

Police believe the bullet which wounded Mayo had enough velocity to go through her upstairs neighbor’s ceiling. According to WSB-TV, the bullet almost struck a sleeping infant in the upstairs residence.

Residents in West Midtown and Dunwoody also reported gunfire damage to their property, though no injuries were reported. All told, police across the metro Atlanta area are aware of at least four incidents of bullets striking homes, WSB-TV said.