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Man fires gun at home of GOP candidate’s parents just feet away from his sleeping kids

Updated: November 4, 2022 at 5:58 pm EST  See Comments

Fri Nov 4, 2022 – 5:32 pm EDT

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (LifeSiteNews) – Amid a contentious battle over an open seat in North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District, a gunshot was fired into a family residence where Republican candidate Pat Harrigan’s young children lay sleeping.

The incident occurred at the GOP nominee’s parent’s home in Hickory on October 18, but has only recently come to light. No one was injured. So far, no arrests have been made and an FBI investigation remains ongoing.

Harrigan campaign manager Brandon Craft told The Carolina Journal that the shot entered the home only a few feet from where Harrigan’s daughters, ages 3 and 5, were sleeping.

“It’s just disconcerting, especially with the children there,” the candidate’s mother, Marla Harrigan, told the Associated Press. “This campaign is so stressful, and we feel so badly for our son because, you know, he’s terribly stressed about his children … and now they’re gone, they’re not with their parents and it’s just very, very disruptive.”

Harrigan, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran who currently runs a firearms manufacturing business, has since been forced to wear bulletproof vests to campaign events.

After the shooting, Harrigan’s opponent,

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