FLATROCK, N.L. -- Police are investigating after a woman called to say a bullet whizzed through her laundry room and lodged in the wall of her house in eastern Newfoundland.

The woman told police she was home with her children when they heard a bang and then found the bullet.

Police say they suspect it may have been an errant bullet fired from a hunter's rifle at around 4 p.m. Sunday.

They don't believe there is a risk to the public.

Police, meantime, are reminding hunters to be extremely careful around residential areas.

Under Newfoundland and Labrador hunting regulations, it's illegal to discharge a firearm within 1,000 meters of a school, playground or athletic field, or within 300 meters of a dwelling.