According to the report—and I assume according to the man, who I’ll refer to as “Larry” because that’s his name—Larry was outside shootin’ at an armadillo with his 9mm pistol when the incident occurred. He got the armadillo all right, but the bullet then “ricocheted off of it, hit a fence, went through the back door of his mother-in-law’s mobile home [about 100 yards away], through a recliner she was sitting in, and into her back.” She was not severely injured, which supports his story because the bullet obviously lost most of its momentum before hitting her. (Though maybe the recliner is the hero here.) Police bought the story, in any event, and no charges were filed.