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The Seattle PI reports

A West Seattle bicyclist is recuperating after someone shot him with a BB gun late Thursday on his regular commute home in what appears to be a random attack.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said Mark Thomas, a friend of the victim. “It feels like it’s an assault on cyclists everywhere.”

The BB pellets hit Peter McKay, 46, with such impact that one penetrated his left lung, releasing air into his chest cavity, and the second just missed his aorta and spinal cord.

McKay first described the incident on his personal blog, where he noted that the “damage could have been much worse.”

Man, what the hell? Isn’t it enough to deal with dark, rainy traffic? So glad it wasn’t worse Peter, and heal quick! (here’s his personal account of the incident).