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It's a sad thing it happened, but it can happen, as it did to my 1st cousin's husband, when she was living in Baltimore. It was also on July, 4th, while they were sitting on their patio, that someone nearby shot into the air, and they saw them do it, and not but a small time later, her husband was struck, and died. The coroner, and BPD ruled it the same. That has been some time back, probably 20 years ago.
One would think that they would lose enough power to not do damage, but in this case, it didn't. However, if you've ever heard about dropping a penny off a skyscraper, and what damage it can do when it hits, as the farther it is up, the more velocity it gains as it falls. This happens at 32.2 feet per second, squared, in a vacuum. In this case, you still have friction from air, but if the object is designed to resist this friction, then it will move closer to falling in a vacuum. Plus, it has to do with just how high a certain round can be fired, before it slows and drops back to earth, and or if it tumbles.
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