Overview
- Police told the owner that the PC changed the bullet’s trajectory after the round passed through a tempered-glass side panel and pierced the motherboard and a G.Skill RAM stick.
- The owner found the bullet under their pillow and was uninjured after shattered glass woke them overnight.
- On Thursday the owner posted photos on Reddit showing the damaged tower and the slug, which sparked wide online coverage and community skepticism about the neighbor’s account that her dog accidentally discharged the firearm.
- Law enforcement confiscated the gun and charged the neighbor with criminal negligence while the neighbor’s insurer is handling a claim and the neighbor has agreed to pay any unreimbursed costs.
- Beyond the near miss and hardware loss, the case raises practical questions about safe gun storage and rare but documented incidents of animals unintentionally firing firearms.