{"id":370990,"date":"2026-08-14T03:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370990\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T03:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:30:06","slug":"north-miami-woman-recovering-after-bullet-hits-her-while-she-was-in-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370990\/","title":{"rendered":"North Miami woman recovering after bullet hits her while she was in bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 A 38-year-old woman is recovering after she was struck by a bullet while sitting in her bedroom in her North Miami home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Angeline Jean Elliott said she was in bed watching TV last week when she suddenly heard a \u201cpuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She soon felt pain and heat in her left leg. Then she saw the blood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Elliott had been shot, but she had no idea how the bullet got into her bedroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to police, her neighbor was cleaning rust off a gun when it accidentally discharged. The bullet first went through a wall before entering Elliott\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The bullet then struck a metal bedpost, slowing it down before eventually hitting Elliott in the leg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Elliott underwent surgery Tuesday to remove the bullet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Her neighbor ran over to help her after the shooting. Police classified the incident as an accidental shooting, and no charges were filed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI felt bad for him because he was crying,\u201d Elliott said. \u201cAccording to me, I thought that it wasn\u2019t intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Elliott, who is a nurse, said she is grateful to be alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThank you, God and praise Him, you know, forever,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Looking at the path the bullet took, Elliott said she considers herself lucky.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 A 38-year-old woman is recovering after she was struck by a bullet while sitting in her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-370990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}