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Ind. lawmaker's car hit by stray bullet in Statehouse shooting

Posted at 8:17 AM, Apr 11, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-11 08:53:37-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- A car belonging to a member of the Indiana House of Representatives was hit by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting in Indianapolis Saturday.

Ind. Rep. Jeff Ellington's 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass was hit while it was at the Indiana Statehouse. 

Three teenagers were shot Saturday night in the drive-by shooting at the intersection of Capitol Avenue and Ohio Street. 

Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department found an 18-year-old man, a 17-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl, each with at least one gunshot wound. 

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One of the stray bullets hit the top of his car, creating a hole in the fabric. 

Ellington said he noticed it Monday morning. 

"I noticed something in the back of my convertible top -- a little slit -- and I thought 'Gosh, did i back up and hit something, or what happened?'" Ellington said. "I just looked down and there was a bullet."