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MONTHS AFTER HER TERRIFYING
ORDEAL, THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER
OF A CHICOPEE SHOOTING SPREE
SPEAKS PUBLICALLY FOR THE FIRST
TIME... AND TALKS EXCLUSIVELY TO
22NEWS.
THE STAND-OFF LASTED FOR HOURS,
AND WHEN IT WAS OVER, THE GUNMAN
WAS DEAD, AND A STATE TOOPER HAD
BEEN SHOT. TONIGHT 22NEWS I-TEAM
REPORTER LAURA HUTCHINSON JOINS
US AFTER TALKING TO THE VICTIM
WHO DISCOVERED THAT A
RESTRAINING ORDER DOESN'T
PREVENT VIOLENCE.
LIKE MOST VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, THIS WOMAN WANTS HER
NAME AND IDENTITY TO REMAIN
PRIVATE, BUT SHE IS READY TO
TELL HER SIDE OF THE STORY FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
IT STARTED AS A REGULAR
MORNING..
I REMEMBER APRIL 13TH, IT WAS A
FRIDAY AT 7:45
I DIDN'T EXPECT WHAT HAPPENED
THAT MORNING UNTIL IT TOOK A
DRAMATIC TURN..
TROOPER DOWN TROOPER DOWN
CARLOS LAGUER
WENT ON A SHOOTING RAMPAGE AS
PEOPLE WERE HEADING TO WORK. HE
SHOT AND WOUNDED STATE TROOPER
JOHN VAZQUEZ BEFORE TURNING HIS
GUN ON HIMSELF.
THE DETAILS OF THAT DAY, WE'VE
HEARD THROUGH POLICE REPORTS
AND WITNESSES WHO CAUGHT A
GLIMPSE OF THE CHAOS. WE HAVEN'T
HEARD FROM THE WOMAN DIRECTLY
INVOLVED, THE GUNMAN'S
EX-GIRLFRIEND WHO LIVED IN THIS
HOUSE. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER
UNTIL NOW. A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, SHE DIDN'T WANT HER
IDENTITY REVEALED, BUT SHE DID
WANT TO TALK TO THE 22NEWS
I-TEAM ABOUT WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED THAT DAY.
WHEN I SAW THE GUN,
I SAID I'M GOING TO DIE TODAY.
I'M DYING TODAY.
SHE SAYS SHE HAD A RESTRAINING
ORDER OUT AGAINST HER
EX-BOYFRIEND, CARLOS LAGUER, BUT
HE WAS CALLING HER.
I GOT TWO PHONE CALLS, DECLINED
THOSE CALLS AND TURNED MY PHONE
OFF. A DECISION THAT PREVENTED
HER FROM SEEING THE WARNING
SIGNS, HE WAS COMING. HE SENT
HER TEXT MESSAGES SHE WOULDN'T
SEE UNTIL AFTER THE ORDEAL.
I RECEIVED TONS OF MESSAGES
SAYING THAT I WAS HIS, NO ONE
IS GOING TO HAVE ME
THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER TEXT WITH
666.
YOU'LL LEAVE WHEN I DECIDE THAT
YOU'LL LEAVE AND WHEN YOU DO THE
WHOLE WORLD WILL BE CRYING.
25:49 THAT WAS THE LAST TEXT.
WOW, THAT'S POWERFUL STUFF,
GOODBYE MY LOVE.
LUCKILY, SHE AND HER 8-YEAR-OLD
SON MADE IT THROUGHT THAT
MORNING'S VIOLENCE ALIVE. BUT
SEVEN MONTHS LATER, THEY'RE
STILL HAUNTED BY WHAT HAPPENED.
WHEN I LOOK AT 7:45, THE NUMBER
13, THOSE ARE THINGS I HAVE TO
DEAL WITH. THEY DON'T JUST GO
AWAY.
NOW SHE WANTS OTHER WOEMN TO
KNOW, IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT IF AN
EX- BOYFRIEND GOES BERSERK
).
I DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT. I DON'T
THINK ANY WOMAN WHEN THEY'RE
LEAVING A SITUATION LIKE THAT,
ASKS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND ACKNOWLEDGES ALL THOSE WHO
HELPED HER, AND PAID A PRICE AS
HER EX- BOYFRIEND'S LIFE CAME TO
A DRAMATIC END.
I THANK THEM FOR BEING SO
COURAGEOUS, THEY DID THAT FOR
ME THEY DID IT FOR EVERYONE OUT
THERE
IF I HAD THE LONGEST ARMS I
WOULD HUG EVERYONE WHO HAD TO
GO THROUGH THAT DAY WITH ME.
SHE WAS SOMEONE TRYING TO ESCAPE
AN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. IF
YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS
HELP IN A SIMILAR SITUATION,
THERE IS HELP AVAILABLE. FOR A