Bullets Strike Amtrak Train; No One Injured
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Shots were fired at an Amtrak train carrying 167 passengers from Newport News to Washington, an Amtrak spokeswoman said. Two bullets hit the locomotive, but no one was injured.
The engineer of Amtrak train No. 76 reported hearing shots at 4:15 p.m. EDT as the train was traveling through Richmond, spokeswoman Karina Van Veen said. The crew checked the train in Richmond and found nothing wrong, but a more thorough check in Washington revealed two bullet holes in a window.
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