A Texas woman said she “almost died” when an unusual object crashed through the windshield of the car she was driving Sunday evening.
Shavone Canales was driving on the service road in the 7600 block of U.S. Interstate 10 in San Antonio around 9:30 p.m. when she was nearly impaled by a spear that she believes was intentionally thrown in her direction, reported the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Canales took to social media to share her experience, posting a video of the spear and damaged car on TikTok.
The spear appears to have pierced the windshield at an angle on the passenger side of the vehicle and then ended up lodged in the steering wheel column, just inches from where the woman was seated.
@420juicy This was while i was driving on an access road. This was NOT anyone I know nor was it road rage. Some literally launched this at my car from the side of the road. #almostdied #spear #san antonio #texas #sapd
@420juicy Spear through my windshield. Csi pulling it out. Completely random attack. Not road rage nor do I know who did this. This was someone standing on the side of the access road #almostdied #spear #texas #texas #sanantonio
Canales did not see who threw the spear; investigators think it was thrown randomly.
“I could’ve died,” Canales said in the video.
She told KSAT 12 News that the incident was unprovoked and entirely random. She believes that whoever threw the spear intentionally wanted to harm someone.
“I’m just thankful to be alive because I have kids,” Canales said.
Police do not have any current suspects, and the investigation is ongoing.
Dallas, too, is faced with the scourge of crime. Destruction, damage, and vandalism of property reports are up 4.3% over last year, with 6,432 complaints as of August 22, according to the City of Dallas crime analytics dashboard.
Fighting crime is an uphill battle for police departments like the one in Dallas, which is severely understaffed. An analysis determined that a city the size of Dallas would need roughly 4,000 police officers to be adequately patrolled, but the Dallas Police Department currently only employs around 3,100.
And Dallas Police Chief Eddie García noted that the police shortage is not limited to Dallas. “We are in a national hiring crisis for police officers,” he said. “There’s just no question about it.”