California mayor’s home hit by gunfire over the weekend
STOCKTON, Calif. (NBC, KYMA) - Stockton, California Mayor Christina Fugazi's home was hit by gunfire over the weekend, an incident that has only strengthened her determination to address crime in the city.
"This could have killed somebody in my household...even myself," Mayor Fugazi expressed.
For Fugazi, the violence she's been working to stop has now reached her own doorstep.
"I didn't know at first. We heard the sounds. Our dogs went crazy. We heard the 'pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,' and we thought it was fireworks at first," Fugazi shared.
It wasn't until the morning after that she put the pieces together.
"It wasn't until I got the notification from the police department that, 'No, indeed, it was a shooting,'" Fugazi added.
She had proof her home fell victim to the shooting.
"We saw the hole in the window and we were like, 'Oh my gosh...our house was hit by gunfire.' Then later on, we also found a number of shell casings," Fugazi explained.
The Stockton Police Department said officers responded to a shooting nearby at around the same time, and found a 17 and 18-year-old had been shot.
Police said it appeared the shooting caused a stray bullet to hit a home.
When asked if she ever thought it was going to happen to her, Fugazi said, "I never thought that there would be a bullet. A random bullet coming into my house. Into the bedroom. But again, no one is immune to crime in this city, or any city for that matter."
