Sumter woman fatally shot as family gathers before funeral
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GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Police say a South Carolina woman was fatally shot by a stray bullet as she gathered with family inside a Gastonia home before her sister-in-law's funeral.
Media outlets report 37-year-old Jacobia Lane of Sumter was sitting on a couch in her brother's home about 12:30 a.m. Saturday when someone outside fired about 30 bullets. Lane was hit in the back of her head.
Family spokesman Christopher Dennis tells The Charlotte Observer about 30 people had gathered at the home before attending a funeral Saturday of a family member who died of cancer. Lane made the trip with her husband and their two children.
One bullet struck a pillow where Lane's husband was sleeping, but he wasn't hurt.
A teenager in the home was hit in the arm.