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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a Black woman who says she has received numerous racist and threatening messages as an Indiana congressional candidate against Vice President Mike Pence’s brother was unintentionally shot at by two boys with a BB gun, not a firearm. Democrat Jeannine Lee Lake called police after hearing what she thought was gunfire before a local Democratic Party meeting Oct. 15. Muncie Police determined two boys shot a BB gun at Lake's car, but didn't know she was in the vehicle and didn't intend to hurt anyone. Lake faces long odds against Republican Rep. Greg Pence in the GOP-dominated 6th District.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Black woman running for Congress in Indiana against Vice President Mike Pence's brother says she has received numerous racist and threatening messages and thinks she heard gunfire before a campaign event. Democrat Jeannine Lee Lake faces long odds against Republican Rep. Greg Pence in the GOP-dominated 6th District. Lake told police she had just parked at a Muncie bistro when she heard what she believes were three gunshots outside the driver’s side window. Lake said she began receiving racist phone messages and damage to personal property late this summer after the Delaware County GOP published her personal address and contact information in a Facebook post.