Tent City Inmate Hit With Shrapnel After Bullet's Fired at Outdoor Jail

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James King
In roughly the same part of Tent City where we snapped this photo of Joe Arpaio dodging pink panties thrown by female inmates -- as he sang a duet with an Elvis impersonator -- shrapnel hit a female inmate after a bullet was fired at the jail.
If the heat doesn't get to ya at Tent City, a bullet just might...

A female Tent City inmate was rushed to the hospital early this morning after she was hit with shrapnel after a bullet was fired at the jail from outside its walls, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office officials tell New Times.

About 12:30 a.m., an unknown suspect fired a bullet at Joe Arpaio's infamous outdoor jail from about 120 yards away.

The bullet, MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre says, hit a fan -- or something -- inside one of the tents. Shrapnel then hit the upper-left-thigh of a female inmate.

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