“And although nobody was hurt, the bullet paths were extremely close to hitting the mother and the children — close by inches or less,” St. John said.

The woman told police she turned west off of Virginia Lane onto Rimrock Road. “After about two blocks, she saw a car ahead of her driving erratically,” St. John said.

The car ahead of her did a U-turn, stopping in the turning lane facing east. “As she neared the vehicle, she saw the driver, later identified as Megard, pointing a gun at her and she heard a shot,” the chief said.

She told investigators that she continued west, and that the shooter again did a U-turn and sped up behind her. The woman said she also sped up to try to get away.

The mother of two turned into a parking lot north of Rocky Mountain College, but found there wasn’t another way out of the lot. She reversed and was trying to escape when Megard rammed the Buick he was driving into the back of her sport utility vehicle, the chief said.

“At this point, more shots were fired,” St. John said. “The victim put her vehicle in drive, she dodged some trees, drove over some grass and ultimately onto 17th Street West.”

From there, the woman turned north and then east on Rimrock Road.