"I'm just thankful I'm here right now:" Head rest saves driver's life during shooting in Lancaster Wednesday evening

Whoever fired the shots Wednesday evening likely doesn't even know the man who was almost hit while driving in his car, and the man wanted to remain anonymous. The man was driving a friend on the 600 block of Columbia Avenue around 5:15 p.m. when police say as many as three people fired more than a dozen shots. "I'm just thankful that I'm here right now," the man said. "There was just no way we could get out, we was just right in the middle of a gunfight."His car was hit three times, including one bullet through the back windshield. The bullet stopped in the headrest. Both he and his passenger are okay, but officers say a 26-year-old man was shot several times. Police also recovered a handgun at the scene. "There's still a whole lot to do to complete this investigation," Lancaster police lieutenant Bill Hickey said. "It's not even nearly done yet."After the shooting, police called a person back to the station to be interviewed, and was considered a person of interest, but that person was let go.Meanwhile the driver caught in the crossfire says he's still having a tough time letting go."It's still going on my mind, flashing in my head," he said. "You know I can't even think straight right now."

Whoever fired the shots Wednesday evening likely doesn't even know the man who was almost hit while driving in his car, and the man wanted to remain anonymous.

The man was driving a friend on the 600 block of Columbia Avenue around 5:15 p.m. when police say as many as three people fired more than a dozen shots.


"I'm just thankful that I'm here right now," the man said. "There was just no way we could get out, we was just right in the middle of a gunfight."

His car was hit three times, including one bullet through the back windshield. The bullet stopped in the headrest.

Both he and his passenger are okay, but officers say a 26-year-old man was shot several times. Police also recovered a handgun at the scene.

"There's still a whole lot to do to complete this investigation," Lancaster police lieutenant Bill Hickey said. "It's not even nearly done yet."

After the shooting, police called a person back to the station to be interviewed, and was considered a person of interest, but that person was let go.

Meanwhile the driver caught in the crossfire says he's still having a tough time letting go.

"It's still going on my mind, flashing in my head," he said. "You know I can't even think straight right now."