A woman is speaking out after a stray bullet when through the window of her condo on the 45th floor. NBC6’s Laura Rodriguez reports
A downtown Miami resident is speaking out after her condo unit on the 45th floor was struck by a bullet over the weekend.
City of Miami Police said two units at the same building near the 200 block of Biscayne Boulevard were affected by the gunfire.
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“It’s the most unlikely issue that you’d think you have living in a condo in Miami," resident Vivian Olodun said.
The bullet shattered a window and was within inches of a toddler’s high chair where she was eating just minutes before the shooting.
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"You know, if somebody was really playing target practice into my house, you would have shot my child. You would have killed her,” said Olodun.
Olodun’s nanny was home with her kids on Sunday night just after 7 p.m. when she said she heard about five gunshots.
The mother of two is grateful the bullet did not penetrate through the hurricane impact windows.
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“I’d like to believe it was a random act of violence. I don't want to think about someone targeting my home in that type of way but I have to live in some level of reality that this is not a pistol, this is not a handgun, this is someone with a rifle literally having target practice into people’s homes,” said Olodun.
Miami Police said stray bullets struck two units in the same building near Bayfront Park. Olodun said the other apartment affected was one floor below hers.
Investigators believe the shooter was in an adjacent building.
"I moved here from Los Angeles nearly 20 years ago because of the random violence that wss happenjng in the city at the time and I stayed here because I feel safe, I feel like I have opportunity here, I’ve become a business owner here. I love Miami and we need to think about what kind of city do we want to have," said Olodun.
Miami Police said this is an ongoing investigation. They are working to locate the shooter.
