KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Briana Bonds was complaining of a headache Thursday, but police say her tightly-woven hair weave kept it from being much worse.
"I believe he was trying to kill me, I think he was on something," said Bonds.
Authorities were called to the Country View Market, 5802 Swope Parkway, around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Arriving officers found Bonds there. She told police she had pulled into the market and saw 28-year-old Juan Kemp, with whom she had recently ended an eight-month relationship with, inside a car there.
A second man came up to the Bonds' window and told her that Kemp still loved her, an incident report filed by the Kansas City Police Department said.
Bonds told the second man “I don’t love him.”
At that time, Bonds told police she heard gunshots and saw Kemp walking toward the back of her car firing a handgun.
"He fired four or five shots at me, you don't shot at someone you say you love," said Bonds.
Bonds sped away in her vehicle as her back window shattered, police said.
She returned to the scene a moment later to witness both suspects leaving in their vehicle.
Officers found a spent bullet in Bonds' hair and said her tightly-woven weave likely protected her from a more serious injury.
"I now believe the weave paused the bullet, and didn't let it go any further. Really I think God was in my passenger seat. He protected me," said Bonds.
Bonds was not seriously harmed and refused treatment at the scene.
Kemp and the second suspect were both taken into custody.
Kemp was charged Thursday with domestic assault and armed criminal action.
