CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Navy Chief Petty Officer Alastair Pobre is recovering after being struck by a stray bullet that went through his window early Wednesday morning.
"I felt the sharp pain in my foot, and I was just yelling like, 'What's going on? What's going on?'" said Pobre.
Pobre said the stray bullet pierced through his bedroom window while he was asleep with his fiancee, Dani Bonds, and their two dogs at the foot of their bed.
"She was worried, [and] she was yelling too. [she] turned on the lights, and all we saw was blood everywhere. We didn't know where it came from. I thought the dogs bite me," Pobre recalled.
When the couple finally turned on the lights, they were shocked by what they found.
"Glass everywhere, and a round on the ground, a bullet on the ground," said Pobre.
"We still didn't know what was happening, and I heard more pops off in the distance, and that's when he told me to get down on the ground as I'm still trying to cover his foot from bleeding," said Bonds.
Pobre called 911 and Chesapeake police officers responded to the home along Faulk Street just before 5 a.m. on Wednesday.
Pobre said after EMS officials determined his injury was non-fatal, his wife drove him to Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, where he received care for his right foot.
While Pobre now has to use crutches to get around, he and his fiancee say they don't feel safe.
"It wasn't intentional. How are you supposed to feel safe when random bullets are just flying through your window?" asked Bonds.
"You would think coming back home to America, 'Oh yeah, it's safe here; no one is really trying to hurt you.' But you get hit by a stray bullet, but it has no name on it. The saving grace was that it wasn't intentional; no one is really after us, it's just a random occurrence," said Pobre.
Pobre said he had to take a few days off from work to heal. He also says he is happy his kids were not home during the incident.
The shooting remains under investigation and police have not arrested any suspects. If you have any information that may help detectives, you can call the Crime Line at 1-888-562-5887. You can also leave a tip online at P3Tips.com.