Dad survives being shot in HEAD by stray bullet at New Year's Eve party
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A politician has been shot in the head by an apparent stray bullet during New Year's celebrations outside his home.
Texas lawmaker Armando "Mando" Martinez, 40, has revealed he was receiving a kiss from his wife just after ringing in the new year when the injury occurred.
The father-of-three was outside his home in Weslaco when, police believe, he was accidentally hit by the bullet.
Martinez has reportedly hailed his survival as a miracle.
It was, he said, a second chance at life.
(Photo: mandomartinez.com)
"It felt like a sledgehammer hit me over the head," he said.
He was transferred to Valley Baptist Medical Center, Harlingen, where doctors removed the bullet fragment which had penetrated his skull and lodged itself into the top layer of his brain, CNN reports .
Martinez told the broadcaster the bullet was from a .223 caliber round.
(Photo: Youtube/Malk tx)
"Had it gone any further, I don't think we would be having this conversation," he told CNN.
Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra told the broadcaster it appeared it was a "stray bullet".
There was no evidence to suggest the lawmaker was targeted.