A father was left in disbelief after his daughter was hit by an errant rifle shot in her apartment just outside of Montreal over the weekend.
On Friday night, Angélique Croteau was on her bed in her apartment in Repentigny when a rifle was fired two stories below from a ground-floor apartment, hitting her, Croteau’s father Stéphane told Global News on Monday.
“She is devastated,” he said.
A police spokesperson told Global News the victim was not sure what had occurred at first.
They said that after being shot, Angelique Croteau was able to make it out of her apartment and into the corridor, where she found help from the building’s maintenance worker.
She was taken to hospital for treatment and Stephane said the stray bullet has left his daughter with a fractured pelvis and a perforated intestine.
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The police spokesperson said that two floors below, the shooter did not intend to fire the gun. A hunting rifle …