Crime & Safety

Arlington Man Finds Mysterious Bullet on the Floor of His Room: Police

There was also a hole in his roof, police say.

ARLINGTON, VA — A man was mystified to find a bullet hole in his roof and a bullet on the floor of a room inside his residence in south Arlington late Wednesday.

Police responded to a late report of shots fired at around 10 p.m. Oct. 19 in the 2400 block of S. 27th Court, and found that a "male victim found a bullet hole in the roof of a room inside his residence," according to a report from the Arlington County Police Department.

"A bullet was found on the floor nearby," the report states. "A search of the residence and a check on the welfare were conducted in nearby residences. An origin of the bullet was unable to be located."

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The investigation is ongoing, the report adds.

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