Is that even possible?

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LEE CO., GA (WALB) -

Authorities say a woman was accidentally shot by her son-in-law while he was trying to shoot an armadillo.

The shooting happened on Sunday on Gosa Road.

Lee County Sheriff's deputies said 54-year-old Larry McElroy was outside when he fired his 9 mm pistol at the armadillo. The bullet killed the animal, but also ricocheted off of it, hit a fence, went through the back door of his mother-in-law's mobile home, through a recliner she was sitting in, and into her back.

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According to a report, McElroy was about 100 yards away from the home at the time.

McElroy's mother-in-law, 74-year-old Carol Johnson was taken to the hospital, but was expected to be okay.
 
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Got dang Armadilla's, they are takin over! Wonder if he was gonna use the shell to make a hat and keep the .gov from scanning his brain...
 
Who knows what was behind the armadillo to cause the richochet. i doubt it "richochet" off the animal itself, probably something behind it. How far from the trailer were they? had to be pretty close for a 9mm to go from here to there into the house, into the chair and into the woman. Possible. Heck you see how one shot with a .22 can kill a person, but getting shot 12 times with a larger weapon and you live. Life is short, anything can happen :)
 
They added more details to the article.

According to a report, McElroy was about 100 yards away from the home at the time.

McElroy's mother-in-law, 74-year-old Carol Johnson was taken to the hospital, but was expected to be okay.
 
100 yards? Must have been aiming towards the house at the armadillo and then when straight back once it hit something.
 
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