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WYANDOTTE — A wayward 105mm shell shot from a howitzer cannon at a weekend shooting event traveled more than a mile and ricocheted off a tree before blasting through Gene and Jeanne Kelley’s residence, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office.

The piece of ordnance, a dummy shell, left a 15-inch hole in the wall of their master bedroom.

The Kelley’s residence is almost two miles from the Oklahoma Full Auto Shoot and Trade Show, which was held in Wyandotte over the weekend. The military cannon was listed on the show’s website as a new attraction.

Telephone calls to the event organizer were not returned.

The two-day gathering is billed as a family event and includes a sniper shoot, armored personnel carrier rides, helicopter rides and “kill the car,” in which people pay to shoot automatic weapons at a vehicle filled with explosives.

The mortar hit the residence about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

“I think there needs to be some restrictions on the size of the weapons fired,” Gene Kelley said. “It could have been serious.”

A 105mm Howitzer cannon is about 13 feet long and weighs about 2,500 pounds.