A Madison woman celebrated her birthday in downtown Madison Friday night with the bang of a BB gun.
Madison Police Department public information officer Joel DeSpain said the woman was celebrating her 21st birthday at the Nitty Gritty and was standing outside the restaurant when a red pickup truck drove past her on West Johnson Street around 9:50 p.m.
According to a police report, the woman told police she saw a silver handgun sticking out of the vehicle's window, heard several quiet popping"" noises and felt something hit her stomach. When she looked down, the woman saw several BBs on the ground and realized she had been shot with a BB gun.
Initially, the woman did not think the event was worth reporting, but she eventually alerted police about half an hour later around 10:20 p.m. She suffered a welt to her stomach in the incident.
