Kendall Heinold: Pregnant 27-year-old woman in Colorado shot by stray bullet, narrowly missing 5-year-old daughter and husband

AURORA, COLORADO: A 27-year-old pregnant woman from Colorado was hit by a stray bullet that flew into her bedroom while she was sleeping with her husband.

The bullet came perilously close to their five-year-old daughter's head, as well as their six-year-old son and their dog.

Kendall Heinold recalls the terrifying night when she was shot

According to her social media accounts, Kendall Heinold, who identifies as a care home manager, tearfully recounted the nightmarish moment when gunshots shattered her family's tranquility in their Aurora residence.

“There was just a really loud noise and then a lot of pain on my left side,” She told Fox 8.

“My husband was sleeping next to me, and he got up and was like, ‘Did you hear that?’ because it was so loud. And I just looked at him and was like, ‘Babe, call 911, I just got shot.'”

The bullet lodged in her pregnant Colorado woman's shoulder

Heinold was transported to the hospital, where medical professionals discovered a lodged bullet in her left shoulder.

Due to her being 16 weeks pregnant, they opted not to remove the bullet and avoided the potential risk of subjecting her to anesthesia for a surgical procedure.

Subsequently, the family discovered a bullet hole in their children's bedroom, revealing the trajectory of the bullet before it struck Heinold.

Aurora Police said they believed the bullet had traveled hundreds of feet over a green space behind the family’s home before piercing through the walls.

The police are investigating to determine the person responsible for firing the bullet, as stated in the report.

Pregnancy pillow saves pregnant Kendall Heinold's life 

Heinold said, "The bullet missed my five-year-old daughter’s head by like a foot and went through their room, through my closet, and into my pregnancy pillow."

"The pregnancy pillow, honestly, I think is what saved my life because it went in through the side, and my arm was on top of it," she added.

"So the bullet changed trajectory when it hit my pillow," she sobbed, expressing her gratitude that her family had survived the incident, recognizing that it could have been much more severe.

She stated, "I don't think I was targeted. I don't believe this was intentional, but I think people must understand that when a gun is fired, the bullet goes somewhere."

"That bullet traveled somewhere and it ended up coming into my home, and it hit me. So, luckily, it missed my children and my baby and my dog and my husband, but ended up in my arm - which I think is best case scenario but still scary," Heinold added.