Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., found a bullet in the bumper of his daughter’s car last year, an event that prompted an investigation from the FBI.
Loudermilk told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he and his wife, Desiree, found the bullet after they took a day trip through the mountains of North Georgia in September.
The couple was driving in their daughter’s car.
Loudermilk said that because of the angle of the shot, the FBI took an interest in the finding. Agents, however, were unable to determine if the shooter was aware of who was behind the wheel of the car.
The bullet’s position indicated to the bureau, though, that the gunman was targeting the automobile.
Loudermilk has been involved in several incidents over the last year that have had a significant impact on him.
In June, he was one of several Republican members of Congress on a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., when a gunman opened fire on their practice for the annual congressional baseball game.
Four people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., were shot.
Then, in September, the congressman and his wife were involved in a car wreck while returning to Washington, D.C., from Georgia.
Their vehicle flipped several times after the couple was rear-ended on an interstate near Knoxville, Tenn.
The most recent event occurred in January, when the Amtrak train Loudermilk and his wife were traveling on with other Republican lawmakers hit a truck.
The lawmakers were on their way to a retreat at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. One person was killed.
