Stuffed Baby Shark Toy Shields Wisconsin Toddler From Stray Bullets

A Baby Shark stuffed toy stood between a sleeping Wisconsin toddler and death when it absorbed a stray bullet that would have hit the child.

The three-year-old was sleeping in her bedroom when a gunfight broke out in the nearby streets and stray bullets pierced the wall of their apartment complex.

The child was positioned at the foot of the bed holding her Baby Shark stuffed toy which a bullet hit about five inches away.

Upon investigation, one of the bullet holes was found a foot below where her head was supposed to be on the bed and another one was found on the right side of the toy where the bullet was said to have pierced it.

According to The Daily Mail, the gunfight happened around 8:42 p.m. on Sunday and based on the Madison Police Department’s incident report, was between two sides fighting each other.

Investigators found about 45 shell casings on the scene.

“We believe this may very well be a record number of shell casings found after one incident of gun violence,” police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.

No injuries have been reported although parked cars and other homes were damaged by the bullets.

"We're just very fortunate that it was a stuffed animal hit by a bullet and not a child," DeSpain said.

No arrests were made. The toddler’s mother, Tanice Fowler told Channel 3000 that she was closing a window before going to bed when she heard gunfire.

“I just fell to the floor and crawled to my baby’s room,” she said and added that she pulled her daughter out of bed and took cover in the bathroom.

Fowler said that she had moved to their recent home to escape the gun violence that surrounded her previous residence.

DeSpain said that the neighborhood where the shooting happened was not usually visited by police and, therefore, not a sign that it is a bad part of the town.

"Gun violence is not going to be tolerated in Madison,” Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said.

“The people involved in this incident showed reckless disregard to human life, and we are fortunate no one was injured or killed."