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WHOSE CAR WAS HI >> THEY WERE DRIVING WHEN THEY THOUGHT A ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD. >> THERE’S NO DESCRIBING HOW YOU FEEL. IT WAS FRIGHTENING AND CONFUSING. >> COLBY GIBSON IN THE BACKSEAT WITH HIS WIFE, HIS SISTER DRIVING IN THE FRONT WITH HER HUSBAND, WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD NOISE THEN SAW A CRACK IN TH WINDSHIELD SUNDAY AFTERNOO >> WE PULLED OVER TO LOOK AT IT. BUTT TO WE HEARD A FEW GUNSHOTS, WE GOT BACK IN AND DROVE OFF. AND THAT’S WHEN MY WIFE FOUND THE BULLET IN THE BACK FLOORBOARD. >> OHP SAYS THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT WHERE A STRAY BULLET HIT A VEHICLE OVER THE WEEKEND. THE OTHER IN LINCOLN COUNTY NEAR DAVENPORT AND COUNTY ROAD 3503. >> STRUCK IN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR BY A RIFLE ROUND >> A TYPICAL RIFLE ROUND CAN TRAVEL UP TO 3.5 MILES AFTER BEING SHOT, SO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT IS BEHIND YOUR TARGET. >> BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE GOT VERY LUCKY. AND NOBODY WAS HURT. >> OHP WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE SHOOTER IN GIBSON’S CASE, AND THEY’RE COOPERATING, BUT STILL NEEDING TO TALK TO THE SHOOTER IN THE TURNER TURNPI

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Colby Gibson said he and his family were driving on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Afton when they thought a rock hit their windshield.What actually hit their car was a bullet that came out of nowhere."My brother-in-law was in the front seat and could have very well gotten hit," Gibson told KOCO 5. "There's no describing how you feel. It's frightening and confusing."Gibson was in the back seat with his wife while his sister drove. At some point during their drive Sunday afternoon, they heard a loud noise and saw a crack in the windshield."We pulled over to look at it," Gibson said. "We heard a few gunshots. We got back in and drove off, and that's when my wife found the bullet in the back floorboard."Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials said it was the second incident in which a stray bullet hit a vehicle over the weekend. The other happened on the Turner Turnpike in Lincoln County."Struck the front-passenger door by a rifle round," said Lt. Kera Philippi, with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.Philippi said she believes the shooters in both cases were either hunting or shooting targets."A typical rifle round can travel up to 3.5 miles after being shot, so take into consideration what is behind your target," she said. "By the grace of God, we got very lucky and nobody was hurt."Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials have located the shooter in Gibson's case. They said that person is cooperating, but they still need to talk to the other shooter in the Turner Turnpike case. Highway Patrol officials said charges will not be filed because they believe the cases were simply accidents.