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STORY ALL NEW THIS AFTERNOON FROM HOLLY HILL. REPORTER: MOM WAS GETTING HER TWO YOUNG SONS READY FOR SCHOOL JUST AFTER 6:30 THIS MORNING IN THAT SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT HERE AT CHARLESTON PLACE APARTMENTS. SHE SAYS SUDDENLY PLASTER AND WOOD STARTED FLYING. >> BOOM REALLY LOUD AND MY SON, HE HEAR IT TOO. REPORTER: FATIMA BOLO SAYS SHE AND HER TWO BOYS, 11 AND 3, WERE JUST FEET AWAY IN A BEDROOM WHEN A ROUND FROM A RIFLE TORE THROUGH THE CEILING, LODGING IN THE DINING ROOM FLOOR, THIS IS THE PROJECTILE. THE BLAST WOKE UP DAD NICKOLAS SMILEY. >> AT FIRST I COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED. BUT NOW I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I COULD HAVE LOST ONE OF MY KIDS OR MY WIFE THIS MORNING. REPORTER: WE’VE LEARNED A HOLLY HILL POLICE OFFICER WHO LIVES DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FAMILY WAS MOVING AN OLD BOLT ACTION RIFLE FROM ITS PLACE ON A WALL AND TRIPPED WHILE WALKING WITH THE WEAPON. POLICE BELIEVE THE OFFICER HAD HIS FINGER ON THE TRIGGER GUARD AND IT DISCHARGED. >> SCARY, LIKE SOMETHING HAPPEN TO ME OR MY KIDS. >> IT HAPPENED SO FAST IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE END OF ONE OF THEIR LIVES. REPORTER: ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE OFFICER DIDN’T REALIZE THE BULLET WENT THROUGH THE FLOOR, LANDING DOWNSTAIRS, SO HIS SUPERIORS DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL THE FAMILY CALLED. NICKOLAS SMILEY SAYS HE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED WAS AN ACCIDENT, BUT HE SAYS ACCIDENTS CAN HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS. >> HE SEEMS LIKE GOOD PEOPLE, I’VE MET HIM BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK HE NEEDS A LITTLE MORE TRAINING OR SOMETHING. REPORTER: HOLLY HILL POLICE HAVE OPENED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT WHETHER THE OFFICER WILL FACE ANY DISCIPLINE, DEPENDS ON THE OUTCOME. IN HOLLY HILL, VOLUSIA COU

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A father in Holly Hill said his family had a close call when a rifle round came through their ceiling just after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.The neighbor upstairs is an off-duty police officer, WESH 2 News has learned.The mother, Fatima Bolo, was getting her two children ready for school just after 6:30 a.m. in that second floor apartment at Charleston Place Apartments. She said suddenly, plaster and wood started flying.Bolo said she and her two boys, ages 11 and 3, were just feet away in a bedroom when a round from a rifle tore through the ceiling, lodging into the dining room floor. The blast woke up the children’s father, Nickolas Smiley.“At first, I couldn't believe what happened, but now I can't stop thinking about what could have happened. I could have lost one of my kids or my wife this morning,” Smiley said.Officials said a Holly Hill police officer who lives directly above the family was moving an old bolt action rifle from its place on a wall and tripped while walking with the weapon. Police believe the officer had his finger on the trigger guard and it discharged.According to the report, the officer didn't realize the bullet went through the floor, landing downstairs, so his superiors didn't know about it until the family called. Smiley said he knows that what happened was an accident, but he says accidents can have devastating impacts.“He seems like good people. I've met him before, you know, I just think he needs a little more training or something,” Smiley said.Holly Hill police have opened an internal investigation into the incident. Police say it will be up to the involved officer to pay for the damage to the ceiling and floor from the rifle round.