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A Monroe-area woman who was struck by two bullets in April 2014 has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against the man who shot her while he was target shooting.

Gale Fogelstrom, who was shot in the lower back and buttocks on April 6, 2014 while walking along Reese Creek Road about five miles northwest of Monroe, filed the suit in February in Lane County Circuit Court. In the suit, Fogelstrom claims that Jeffrey Fields, of Monroe, acted negligently when he shot her while target shooting with a guest at Dawson Timber Services in Monroe.

According to previous reports, Fogelstrom, who was 60 at the time of the shooting, told deputies with the Benton County Sheriff’s Office she heard about 40 rounds of ammunition being fired while walking about a half-mile from her house to pick up a newspaper. She was walking back home when she was struck by two bullets, one in the lower back and one in the buttocks.

“The walk was cut short when multiple stray bullets entered her abdomen and pelvis. She fell to the ground, screaming for help,” according to the suit. “After Gale screamed, Jeffrey Fields immediately stopped shooting, but he chose to not come to her aid and left her laying in the street.”