A woman has been hospitalized after she was shot in the leg by a stray bullet while she sat on the couch in her home.
The shooting happened just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday evening. It took place in the 2500 block of Tanglewilde Street in west Houston.
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According to Houston Police Department, the woman was sitting on the couch in her home when she heard a gunshot outside. The bullet that she heard struck her leg.
HPD officers quickly applied a tourniquet, and she was transported to a nearby hospital.