Teen says gaming headset saved his life from stray bullet

A headset saved the life and limb of a teenage videogamer.

Johnathan Gonzalez (18 years old) from Torrence in California told ABC News that he was listening on his PlayStation and chatting with his friends when something struck his head.

“It felt like if you’re wearing a bike helmet, and someone just smacks the top of your head,” Gonzalez told the network.

Confounded, he looked up to see his curtains ripped. That’s when he discovered a bullet hole in his bedroom window.

Gonzalez shared his story of the ordeal on Reddit, in a post titled “Razer saved my life.”

“A stray bullet went through my window and hit the Razer headphones on top of my head,” wrote the teen. “If it wasn’t for the headphones made with good quality I would’ve been a dead kid at the age of 18. I couldn’t even imagine all the pain my family and friends would’ve been through.”

He also shared photos showing the headset with an apparent bullethole, and photos of the glass in his bedroom window. He also shared photos showing the bullet landing on his bed.

According to CBS, responding police officers from nearby Los Angeles weren’t able to find a shooter in the area and said the bullet likely wasn’t fired from close range.

“It’s still a trigger for me to process the thought that I could’ve lost my son. We were asleep, and if it did hurt him, we would not have known until we woke up hours later,” Janet Popoca, the teen’s mother, told NBC News.

Gonzalez stated to NBC his mind is always on the incident.

“Minding my own business in my own room, and I could’ve been gone. Just thinking about it for the first week made me sick,” he said.

After learning about the incident, Razer sent Gonzalez a new headset.