Police: Gwinnett woman shot while confronting neighbor over loud music

A Gwinnett County woman was shot Sunday evening after knocking on a neighbor’s door to ask him to turn down his music, according to police.

Alejandro Querales Morales, 51, faces a charge of reckless conduct after being accused of firing a bullet through his closed apartment door after the woman and her husband confronted him about the noise, officials said. The couple were standing outside the door when the woman was struck.

The incident unfolded at the Veranda Apartments off Old Norcross Road, not far from Lawrenceville. It is not clear if Morales was aware that he was being asked to lower the volume of the music, or if he knew who was standing on the other side of his door.

According to Channel 2 Action News, the bullet grazed the woman’s chest, shattered several bones in her hand and then pierced her abdomen. The victim’s husband told the news station that the bullet remains lodged a few centimeters from her spine and doctors said removing it is too risky.

“Neither one of us expected it to turn — the tables to turn — in this manner and for her to be lying in a hospital bed,” the husband told Channel 2.

No other details about the incident have been released by police.