DENVER — The bullet traveled through her window, cut through the sheers, pierced into her china cabinet, and then lodged itself in the living room wall.
The shot did not just shatter her window, state Sen. Rhonda Fields said.
“My faith in my security, of being, feeling safe at home, has been shattered,” she said.
The Aurora Democrat spoke at the Aurora City Council meeting on Monday, when she urged city lawmakers to do what they can at the local level to address gun violence. The issue has been on her mind for some time, she said, because she frequently receives notices of gunfire in the city.
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None of those incidents – although they affect the city Fields said she loves – occurred close to her house.
Not until Friday, when police removed the bullet in her house's wall, which they suspect came from a drive-by shooting, Fields said. The senator is not sure when exactly her house was shot because she was out of town when the incident occurred, she said.
“I can no longer say that it’s not happening near my home,” she said.
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