UPDATE: Stray bullet from target practice hit disc golfer in Turner

LEWISTON (WGME) — A Lewiston man says he’s lucky to be alive, after being grazed by a bullet while playing disc golf at the Stevens Mountain View course.

Cameron Hart says he and his friend were playing disc golf in Turner when a bullet struck him by his upper lip. (Cameron Hart photo)

“I was very, very lucky,” Cameron Hart said. “God was with me that day.”

A game of disc golf on Sunday became dangerous when Hart said he heard gun shots.

“We were just walking up, and the guy started shooting,” Hart said. “I believe the second round hit me.” Hart says he was struck by his upper lip and taken to the hospital.

He believes the bullet ricocheted and hit his face.

“Doctors said inches or anywhere else and I’d be dead,” Hart said.

Hart’s friend, Maurice Clark, was playing disc golf with him when it happened.

“It could’ve been any of us,” Clark said. “It could’ve been my dad. It’s just a hard thing to stomach really.”

He and Hart say the disc golf course is safe and that the issue is not about guns, but the operators behind them.

“Maybe use your head before you use your gun,” Clark said.

“When it comes to guns there’s no playing around,” Hart said.

Hart’s family looked over the scene with State Police to try and figure out how the bullet hit him.