According to the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, At 12:14AM, on New Years Day, the 911 operators in Bastrop County received a call from the Riddle Road area reporting that a person had been shot. The investigating deputies found that a person while outside his residence received a gunshot wound to the upper part of his back in the neck area. The bullet appeared to have dropped out of the sky and was obviously a celebratory gunshot that was aimed upward. Yet there was no gunfire in the immediate area. This outcome could have been more tragic, however, the victim was treated at the hospital and released. This is an unfortunate but great example why a firearm should never be fired indiscriminately into the air, since the bullet must come down and cannot be predicted, making the person firing the gun subject to criminal prosecution.
