Canada

Officials are issuing a reminder about gun safety following a close call where a stray bullet entered a family’s car while travelling along a forest service road outside of Mission, B.C.

In a press release Friday, Mission RCMP said a family of four was driving near Davis Lake when they heard gunshots.

The father then heard a noise inside the vehicle, and saw a bullet spinning around inside the cup holder of one of his children’s car seats, according to RCMP.

Police say it appears the bullet entered through an open window or the open sunroof.

Gill said a suspect has not been identified, but noted police are regularly called to the Mission backcountry due to people illegally and unsafely discharging firearms.

He said in cases where Mission RCMP have found people illegally shooting in the background, the offenders were nearly always a group of men from elsewhere in the Lower Mainland, usually from Surrey.