CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 8 (UPI) -- Police in Charlotte, N.C., believe the bullet that struck a man selling food at the opening of a Cambodian Buddhist temple was fired to celebrate the Fourth of July.
An expert told the Charlotte Observer the bullet could have traveled several miles before hitting Brandon Yam in the head. Louis DuChene, a former ammunition company employee who works at a Cornelius, N.C., shooting range, told the Charlotte Observer bullets from handguns fired into the air at a 45-degree angle can travel 1.5 miles, while rifle bullets can come down 6 miles from where they were fired.