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>> I TURN THE CORNER AND WHAT I
SAW WAS A MAN WITH BLACK HAIR IN
A KEVLAR VEST WITH A BLACK SHIRT
AND A RIFLE STANDING ON THE
CORNER ON THE LEFT-HAND CORNER,
MOTIONING A GIRL IN HER CAR TO
COME FORWARD.
AND SHE DID, BUT HE STILL HAD
HIS GUN TRAINED ON HER, AND HE
WAS SO INTENT ON LOOKING AT HER,
AND SHE STARTED TO GET OUT OF
THE CAR.
I GOT ANGRY AND I THOUGHT, WHY
ISN'T HE LEAVING HER ALONE?
SHE'S DOING WHAT HE'S ASKING.
SHE'S PULLING OVER.
AND SHE STARTED TO GET OUT OF
THE CAR, I ACCELERATED AND WHEN
HIS GAZE WENT FROM HER TO ME,
WHAT I SAW IN HIS EYES WAS
TERRIFYING, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT
A HUMAN BEING.
THAT WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOING
OUT TO EXECUTE.
HE HAD NO HIGHER FUNCTIONING
GOING ON THAT I COULD TELL, JUST
ABSOLUTE EXECUTION.
AND WHEN HE TURNED HIS GAZE TO
ME I REALIZED THAT THAT'S WHAT
HE WAS GOING TO DO, AND WHEN HE
SHOT INTO THE CAR, I HIT THE
CURB THAT HE WAS ON.
AND THE BULLET EBTERRED -- TWO
BULLETS ENDERED MY LEFT SHOULDER
AND THREW ME OVER TO THE SIDE.
AND THEN HE JUST STOOD IN FRONT
OF THE CAR AS HE WAS WALKING TO
HER, TO CARJACK HER CAR AND HE
JUST KEPT SHOOTING AND SHOOTING.
AND I FELT THE BULLETS GO INTO
MY OTHER SIDE, IT CROSSED MY
EYE.
IT TORE MY EAR IN HALF, SO IT
WAS VERY, VERY CLOSE, AND I JUST
DUCKED AND I JUST REMEMBER
LAYING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE
THINKING, PLEASE STOP.
JUST PLEASE STOP SHOOTING.
AND -- BUT I NEEDED TO PLAY DEAD
SO HE WOULDN'T COME BACK.
I HAD MY CELL PHONE AND I WAS
CALLING MY HUSBAND AND JUST
PRAYING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD COME
OUT TO THE CAR TO HELP ME.
WHICH SHE DID.
THEY DID, AS SOON AS HE LEFT.
>> RUSSELL, I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE
FIRST THING YOU HEARD ABOUT
THIS?
>> I'M SITTING IN MY OFFICE, MY
PHONE RINGS, IT SAYS MY WIFE IS
CALLING, I PICK IT UP, EXPECTING
A NORMAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT
TIME I'M GOING TO BE HOME AND
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE
KIDS THAT NIGHT, AND I HEAR MY
WIFE YELLING SHE'S BEEN SHOT.
AND IT'S A CALL YOU NEVER WANT
TO GET.
>> IT CERTAINLY ISN'T.
DEBRA, I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF GUN
WAS HE USING?
>> HE HAD AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE.
AND IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT IT
WAS.
THAT'S WHY AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE
MIGHT BE WITH THE S.W.A.T. TEAM,
BECAUSE I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW A CIVILIAN WOULD HAVE A