Here's How A Gun Ended Up Stuck In This Car's Bumper

LAKEWOOD, WA - A gun punctured a hole in a man's car as he was driving down I-5 - but there were no bullets involved.

The man was driving southbound on I-5 Thursday when he saw a black object appear in the sky. The object hit his car, but thinking it was mere random road debris, he drove another 18 miles south to Olympia.

Once in the capital, he stopped for gas. That's when he noticed the handgun lodged in his front bumper underneath the driver's side headlight.

Some joked on Twitter that there are so many guns in the U.S., they're literally falling out of the sky. Notably, just hours after this incident, a man driving along I-405 in Tukwila was shot in the hand in a road rage incident. Also on Thursday, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proposed a new law requiring gun owners to keep guns locked up when not in use.

The driver called police from the gas station, according to state patrol, informing them of the deadly weapon that had punctured his car. Police don't know exactly how the gun got there, but there are some theories.

First of all, the gun was turned over to Lakewood police. Investigators from that department believe the gun might have been used in a shooting at Harry Todd Park on Wednesday night.

So, did someone toss the gun off an I-5 overpass in an attempt to get rid of it - and, in a one in a million shot - and it landed in this man's bumper? Maybe someone left it on their roof and it flew off in the middle of the highway? Whatever the reason, Washington State Patrol spokesman Trooper Guy Gill pointed out the fortuitousness of the incident.

"If this was an attempt to get rid of evidence by somebody and we were able to recover it, it just goes to show you sometimes things happen for a reason," Gill told KOMO News.

Image courtesy Washington State Patrol