Zebulon, N.C. — Residents of a Zebulon neighborhood are wondering where the bullets came from that whizzed past children at play and landed in their homes Tuesday evening.

John Grosso said he was outside his house in the 200 block of Leghorn Drive when he heard a sound "like a schwoo." Grosso's daughter heard something whistle past her ears. Puffs of dust popped up around them.

"I almost got hit and did not realize it," Grosso said

Two doors down, Frank Hazard saw a bullet smash through a window and into a mirror inside his bathroom. Luckily, no one was in the room at the time.

"Go over 15 feet and it could have been a tragedy," Hazard said. 

A sheriff's deputy told Hazard the shots could have come from a high-powered rifle fired from far away.

Both Hazard and Grosso have no problem with gun ownership or shooting guns. They just want people to do it responsibly.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating where the shots came from.