SHOW ME YOUR [ __ ] HANDS. HANDS UP. NOW. COME HERE. DO NOT IF YOU REACH FOR IT, I SWEAR TO GOD, I WILL SHOOT YOU. >> THIS WOMAN has just opened fire in front of her five children, but this is only the beginning of something far darker. >> How many shots did you hear? >> At least five. I know I heard five because he went pow, pow, like he had like he had hit each one of them, and then all you heard was pow, pow, pow. >> On December 25th, 2023, Florida police officers respond to a Walgreens parking lot after dispatch receives multiple 911 calls reporting the shooting. But, the moment they step in, they meet with a troubling sight. They find not just one, but two individuals lying unconscious on the ground in a pool of blood. >> All right, guys. She would not give her children over to a child. We got her on the ground. >> Get tail going with it. Plus. >> What do we need, Tatum? Can I tell my guy to let's get ketamine and wash? >> Speak to our still in the road on 441 north. >> Get blush. Give me the blush. >> All of her children were in her car. >> The victims are identified as Thomas Lepree Williams and his 31-year-old friend Anna Torel. Officers move swiftly to uncover how everything spiraled into such a tragedy. As they retrace everything, the truth comes into focus far quicker than expected. >> And Crystal was inside. She just got shot. Drop the [ __ ] in there and run it outside. Crystal I went to the other guy on the other side. Somebody, whatever human it was, came hauling ass around the corner and gets the car down the road. I guess they were chasing a white Kia or something out of the parking lot. Okay. Get her. >> uh did that. We just started running away. I called 911. Crystal saw them and flagged them down. They came in here, drove us real quick, and that's where we're >> Okay, we're trying to track We need to get a unit to her address real quick. >> We have live rounds and spent shell casings on the ground here. >> I don't think she's trying to get into it. She's not cooperating. She says she doesn't know the address. She's around here. >> She got shot in here. >> Hang it on, Bella. >> Yeah, phone over there on the ground over there. >> Don't move it or touch it. >> I'm going to riddle her in. >> And who shot you? >> Jansen. >> Amanda who? >> Jansen. >> Amanda Jansen. Why did she shoot you? >> Huh? >> Why did she shoot you? >> She was picking up my daughter. >> She was picking up your daughter? >> Yeah, court order. >> Okay. >> Luckily, the male victim, Thomas, is still conscious and identifies the shooter as his ex-wife, 38-year-old suspect Amanda Jansen, who reportedly fled seconds after the attack. But what she leaves behind has shaken even those standing nearby. >> You Did you see what happened? >> I didn't hear the shots. >> Okay. >> Yeah, cuz I heard the shots. >> I'm going to go over there and talk real quick. Okay, so what happened? >> Well, we was I was getting ready to go to the bathroom inside, and when I did, this guy that works here, there was another guy standing here. And all of a sudden I heard pow pow. And then this guy come out, looked down there, and he grabbed hold of the guy and he threw him inside. And I said, "Somebody's getting shot, Charles." So I said, "I'm getting the hell out of here." So I went to put it in reverse, and when I did, the truck is so big, I couldn't get back. So I got to the back of that gray one, and as soon as I hit the back of that that pickup truck, he slammed into us and pushed us out of the way to get through. And he's only in a little Kia. >> Okay. So a worker from out here? >> Was already out here. >> Was already out here? >> They must have already started shooting cuz he came out right away cuz he probably was here at the register. >> So the worker was inside, heard shots, come out here to see what was going on. >> Right. >> And the other one came right out after him. >> Another worker? >> And yeah, he grabbed a hold of his arm and stabbed literally pulled him back in. And he told him, "You get the hell in there." And I looked over at Charles and I said, "They're shooting five shots at least." >> Okay, and you were you were you inside? >> going in to go to the bathroom and I didn't even get out. >> He ran back in the truck. >> That guy said that he heard three shots while he was standing at the register initially. So, I gosh, was that a car that backfired? Came to the front door, saw the car leaving. Cop chasing them. Um looked over here at the female was still out of the car. The female was on the ground, the man was standing up. She he saw her shoot two more times. She doesn't know if those shots hit him or not, but he went down and he said, "All I could hear was him saying, 'I'm just trying to get my kid.'" >> While piecing together everything, they discover surveillance footage of the parking lot. Within minutes, they get information that another officer had already closed in on her after a high-speed chase, but the encounter is going to be ANYTHING BUT EASY. >> SHOW ME YOUR [ __ ] HANDS! SHOW ME YOUR HANDS! SHOW ME YOUR HANDS! GET OUT OF THE CAR! HEY, WATCH YOUR CROSSFIRE. SHOW ME YOUR [ __ ] HANDS! SHOW ME YOUR [ __ ] HANDS! HANDS UP! NOW! COME HERE. DUDE, if you reach for it, I SWEAR TO GOD, I WILL SHOOT YOU. SHOW ME YOUR GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW! NO! COME HERE NOW! >> THE CHILDREN INSIDE THE CAR only make things more tense, but a chilling realization sets in when officers learn that the kids had been there the entire time watching everything unfold right in front of their eyes. >> COME HERE NOW. >> SHE'S NOT complying to our orders right now. She's wanting to get her kids out of THE >> COME HERE NOW. GET ON THE GET ON THE GROUND. You got Hey, there's kid There's small kids in the car. Do not move. Do not move. I swear to god. Driver's out and prone down right now. Ma'am, crawl this way. Keep crawling. >> Come on. Come on. We'll get to the bottom of this. Crawl back. >> With the mom in handcuffs, officers breathe a sigh of relief and then move to check on the kids. >> If there's anybody left and they're not at and they're not at the They all okay or what? They're scared. Okay. Hey, buddy. >> All right, guys. Can you help me move stuff around in my shop? >> Yeah. No. She's in the car right here. Good job keeping up with it. You could have left and this all wouldn't have been solved, so I know that's stressful as hell. But right now, right here, everyone's okay. Kids are okay. I like that part. >> As officers handle Amanda, a crucial detail from her account is relayed back to those at the crime scene, one that points to exactly what led up to this. >> I was like, "What the hell is that?" >> They were bringing no traffic about something about She's She called the Whoever's in the other car called in and said something it was a custody exchange or a >> Said she wasn't going to turn over kid to a child. >> We don't know what that was. Okay. >> The meeting had been a custody exchange for their 11-month-old daughter after a judge ordered 50/50 custody just days before the incident. But with the victims already in critical condition and rushed to the hospital, officers have little to go on, leaving them no choice but to turn to the scene for clues. >> Probably one of the worst I've ever seen. You're kind of >> dumbfounded? >> Yeah. But not, unfortunately. >> Dumbfounded, but not One spent right >> there. >> How many spent? >> I got 1 2 3 4 5 >> 5? Okay. Well, that matches what one of the witnesses say. >> That's what it comes up until I saw that one there. I was like, "It The spent casings aren't adding up." >> Cuz the No, no, the old boy old boy that was with her was was doing this right here, holding his jacket and he's like hands me his concealed carry. He was like, "Couldn't grab it fast enough." And I was like I mean, good on you for for it. >> By the time officers finish analyzing the crime scene, the team handling Amanda begins searching her for weapons. >> Do you Do you have any weapons on you? Hey Amanda, hop out for me. >> I'm going to search you, okay? You have something that I can poke with. Are you sure? You have cameras in the front of your car? >> I don't. >> I got a body >> We have body cameras. Our cars don't have cameras. >> Do you have body armor? >> pulled it off. >> Are you okay? >> Yeah. >> From Amanda's pocket, officers recover a loaded magazine, suggesting she may not have come to that parking lot unprepared. But what she says next only deepens their suspicion. >> Wait, sorry. >> Start, yeah. >> What did they do? >> What? >> What did they do? Let's go. >> Uh we're going to sit and relax though. It's pretty okay but it's fresh pursuit, so >> Yeah, we're good. Yeah, we're good to take care of her. >> Yeah. >> Where Where was the second mag at? >> Right here. >> Back in your pocket. >> Yeah, I'm assuming that right there. >> Are you injured at all? Do you need EMS? No? Okay. >> With that, Amanda is quickly transported to the station. >> Before we get out of this car, we're not going to have any issues, right? All right. Do you have anything on you that was missed in the search? >> No. >> Walk right up to this door. What's going to happen from here is you're hanging out while everybody is out there doing whatever they have to do, figure out exactly what's going on. And then when a detective gets here to talk to you, the detectives will come in and talk to you, and they will uh you know, ask what they need to ask, figure out your side of whatever is going on, okay? And then we'll go from there. >> Amanda waits at the station as a few officers head to the hospital where Thomas has finally been stabilized, hoping he can uncover the full story. But his account proves to be genuinely terrifying. >> No, he's going to ask >> No, I'm saying you got >> Oh, okay. I'm just saying the way it is. I'm so sorry this happened to you, man. >> Right. >> Um so I guess you want to see your granddaughter. >> There's a court order. >> Court order? >> That don't come into play with this one on Christmas day. 50/50 custody. >> Mhm. >> 50% 50/50 time share. >> Okay. >> Yeah, they had to meet at Walgreens. >> Why Walgreens? >> But she was at CVS for some strange reason. >> Okay. How you know she was at CVS? >> Because she was looking at her. >> Oh, y'all was looking at her. Okay. >> Um So we pulled over there and she got violent, she got her new child and stuff. But we saw that she was bleeding, that's why we took her on the road. But, she came up and came behind us in the turning lane, so we turned around and seen her. But, she pulled up like a couple car spots down. >> Mhm. >> And so, my homegirl, who was driving, pulled beside her and then she just backed up. And went around to like the drive-thru of the pharmacy and came back. >> Mhm. >> And I stood out the car for about a good 2 minutes. Just like wondering what was going on and then she finally pulled up. >> Mhm. >> And got out the car and asked who was in the car. And I was like, "My ride." >> Mhm. >> And she was like, "Well, who was in the car?" And she kept walking up and then she seen who it was and then she just pulled out a green I don't know what kind of bag. And she looked like she shot my friend in the head. So, I jumped out of the passenger side. And seen that she was coming on my side. So, I tried to I went through the passenger side to the back door. >> Mhm. >> And I tried to run away from her with the first shot. Because the second and third shot was in my back when I was in the car. And the third shot was in my leg. >> Okay. >> So, I guess when I was standing outside the car, that's when she first shot me. >> Okay. >> It's the arm. >> Okay. >> But, that's when I jumped in the car in the back and tried to struggle with her. And she was shooting and saying, "You You made this happen." >> You made this happen? When did she say that? >> While she was shooting. >> Was it after you I don't know like that? Right when she was shooting you or >> Yeah, me. >> Okay. Has she ever Did she like shot shot at to get in the previous >> Yeah, but she didn't try to put me in jail. She got my truck ramped something like on some freak up [ __ ] >> Okay. >> Like I put my truck in my name just to get the baby out of the hospital and now she's trying to take it. >> Okay. >> And all sorts of [ __ ] like that. >> As Thomas expresses concern for his friend, the officers are confronted with a grim reality. Unfortunately, Anna doesn't survive the attack. With the case now a homicide, Amanda is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, fleeing law enforcement, and five counts of child neglect. On January 18th, 2024, she is sentenced to life imprisonment without any possibility of parole.