A couple in Northern California waited hours before reporting to the police that their 10-year old daughter had been shot on Friday, believing she had simply suffered her very first period. According the official report, the girl was sleeping in her bed around 2 a.m. when a stray drive-by bullet struck her in the buttocks. She awoke in pain and had pain in her underwear, but Sgt. Mark Ormsby says the victim’s parents had no reason to believe the blood was anything but period-related. However, after the girl continued to complain, the couple investigated her bedroom and found bullet holds, eventually taking her to the hospital, where she remains in stable condition While quite an unusual situation, the girl’s physician acknowledges the bullet would was small and could easily have been mistaken for menstruation. At this time, no arrests have been made in the shooting.
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Couple Mistakes Daughter’s Gunshot Wound for Period, Refrains from Immediate Medical Attention
