‘Supposed to be safe in my home’: Denver mother of 5 struck by stray bullet

DENVER (KDVR) — A mother of five is now out of the hospital recovering after she was struck by a stray bullet that came through the front door of her Denver home.

For nearly three days Cadence Casillas has been in a lot of pain, and it’s no fault of her own.

“I’m supposed to be safe in my house, and clearly I wasn’t,” said Casillas.

It was around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday outside North Wolff Street in Denver when Casillas said she was finishing up school work in the living room.

That’s when she heard what sounded like firecrackers.

“I was like alright that was loud,” said Casilla. “I’m going to get up to shut the door.”

When she did she never expected what would happen next.

“I hear another loud pop, and my whole leg just went painful, numb,” she said.

She was hit by a stray bullet on her right leg. The bullet pierced through her front door.

Her 12-year-old daughter, 1-year-old, and 15-year-old son were all in the living room at the time.

“That’s when I saw blood on the other leg, ended up on the floor and just screamed. My 15-year-old was the first one next to me, he grabbed his belt and put it on as a tourniquet. My 17-year-old had a blanket he was using as compression. My husband called 911 and my 17-year-old also called 911,” she said. “I can’t even express to them how amazing they are. I know as parents we don’t tell our kids enough how grateful for them or how amazing they are. It was their quick thinking, I am blessed.”

Three bullets entered her home.

“I got lucky that the wound isn’t much worse, but I’m most grateful that it didn’t hit any of my kids or my husband. Yes, I’m upset because I got hit, but it was actually a pretty good outcome because it missed everything,” she said.

Her son told FOX31 that dozens of shots were fired in the neighborhood.

“I was in my house on the second floor and I still got hit,” she said. “It just feels like nothing is that safe anymore.”

Casilla’s home was not the only one hit. A bullet also went through her neighbor’s front door as well.

“Stop, guns are not toys,” said Casilla.

She hopes her story is a reminder to others of what can happen when bullets are randomly fired.

“I don’t see what’s so fun and fascinating about running or driving down someone’s neighborhood and randomly shooting,” she said. “We got lucky it wasn’t worse.”

Police say this case is still under investigation. No arrests have been made at this time.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call police. Meanwhile, a GoFundMe has been set up for the mother of five to help cover her medical costs.

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