A stray bullet led to an Internet outage for ISP Spectrum in Texas last week.

As reported by Dallas News, the stray bullet caused a widespread outage across North Texas.

Although Charter didn't specify how many customers were impacted, Downdetector data suggests more than 25,000 customers were affected last Friday (September 26).

The bullet damaged a fiber optic cable in the Dallas area, according to Spectrum.

“Our teams worked quickly to make the necessary repairs and get customers back online,” Spectrum said in a statement. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”

The outage also reportedly impacted a number of cities beyond Dallas, including Irving, Plano, Arlington, Austin, and San Antonio.

Although details around the shooting were not revealed, it's not the first time that a bullet has caused an outage.

Back in 2022, an Xfinity fiber cable was shot at in Oakland, California, leading to an outage that impacted nearly 30,000 people.

In fact, such is the risk of outages caused by bullets, Virginia-based broadband provider Firefly Fiber Broadband (FFB) launched a campaign urging local hunters to avoid hitting fiber cables and power lines when shooting earlier this year.