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8-year-old NC girl recovering after falling bullet hit her in head

WINTSTON-SALEM, N.C. — An 8-year-old North Carolina girl is recovering after a bullet fell out of the sky and hit her in the head.

It happened Saturday afternoon in Winston-Salem.

Alondra Delgado was at a family member's house, sitting in a blow-up pool, when the bullet pierced through a tent above and struck the child on the head.

Delgado said she doesn't consider herself lucky.

"I don't think it was luck," Delgado said. "I think it was faith."

For her father Filiberto Delgado, he said it can hit anybody.

"It can hit anybody," Filiberto said. "Kids, your mom, your neighbor, your any loved ones that you have."

Police searched the area, bot nobody reported hearing shots fired.

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