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Michael Goldberg

Stray bullet hits a woman lying in bed. A federal judge dismissed her lawsuit against police

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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi woman who says she was hit by a stray police bullet while lying in bed.

Latasha Smith, 49, was in bed on Dec. 11 when an officer from the state-run Capitol Police fired several bullets at a suspect running through her Jackson apartment complex, according to her federal complaint. A stray bullet entered Smith's apartment and struck her arm. Smith, who said her teenage daughter was home during the episode, was later taken to a hospital.

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