Woman's Hair Weave Stops Bullet
Bullet Gives Woman Headache
POSTED: 5:50 am CST February 20,
2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Aside a bit of a headache, a Kansas City woman said she was uninjured after a bullet fired at her ended up tangled in her hair weave.Police said the 20-year-old woman was in a convenience store parking lot late Wednesday when a man flagged her down and told her that her ex-boyfriend still loved her.She replied, "Well I don’t love him," then heard gunshots.She said she looked behind the vehicle and saw her ex-boyfriend firing a handgun at her. She stomped her accelerator and fled, then turned into another parking lot and called police. She told officers she recently had ended an eight-month relationship with the suspect.Police later arrested the ex-boyfriend and his friend in a car.
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