Bullet narrowly misses Muncie daycare worker changing diaper

Douglas Walker | The Star Press

MUNCIE, Ind. – Police called to a report of shots fired at Wolfe Street and Park Avenue Friday afternoon quickly learned that bullets had pierced the windows and walls of a nearby daycare center.

Bullet holes were visible in windows and the north wall of Mattie’s Little Bee’s Home Child Care, 922 N. Wolfe St.

No one inside the house was hit by the gunfire, but a woman who was changing a diaper inside said she felt a bullet “whiz” passed her head.

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An officer said he believed about a dozen youngsters were at the facility at the time.

Gunfire near the northeastside intersection was reported to dispatchers at 3:48 p.m.

About 20 minutes later, officials at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital informed authorities that a Muncie man suffering from two gunshot wounds had arrived at the emergency department in a car.

Investigators said the 28-year-old man, whose wounds were not life-threatening, could provide little information about how he was shot. He reportedly acknowledged it took place while he was in his car, in the same general area as the daycare center.

Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.