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>> IT WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS, I WASN’T GOING TO LET HIM KILL ALL OF US. TRE: A VIOLENT RIDE MWITH A ONE-YEAR-OLD IN THE CAR ENDS WITH A MOTHER BELIEVING SHE HA TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON HER EX-BOYFRIEND. >> I WASN’T EVEN THINKING ABOUT ME AT THAT POINT. I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY CHILD. TRE: AFTER MONTHS OF SEPARATION. >> WE HAVEN’T BEEN TALKING F LIKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS. TRE: TENSIONS RAN HIGH LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN POLICE SAY DOMONIQUE HUGHLEY GREW ANGRY BECAUSE THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN MOVED ON FOLLOWING THEIR BREAK-UP. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN, I GET A BLOW TO THE FACE. TRE: THAT INCIDENT, PLAYING OUT IN FRONT OF WHITE OWL LIQU STORE ON DIXIE HIGHWAY. THE WOMAN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE, RUSHED INSIDE FOR HELP >> THE GUY GAVE ME THE PHONE TO CALL THE POLICE. >> I WASN’T ABLE TO GIVE THEM FULL DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE HE COMES IN THERE AND GRABS ME UP. TRE: THROWN INTO THE BACK SE OF HER SUV. >> THEY WEREN’T HELPING. THEY WERE JUST WATCHING. TRE: ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, HUGHLEY THEN BEGAN SPEEDING AND SWERVING THROUGH TRAFFIC. >> DRIVING IN, LIKE HE WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE INTO THING. TRE: COURT RECORDS STATE HE WAS THREATENING TO CRASH THE VEHICLE AND QUOTE, “MESS EVERYONE UP," AND CLAIMING HE WAS GOING TO TAKE HER QUOTE, “FAR AWAY AND KILL HER." >> BEFORE WE COULD GET ON THE HIGHWAY, I HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN ALL OF US DYING OR DEFENDI MYSELF AND MY SON. TRE: THE YOUNG MOM, THEN, WENT INTO THE FAR BACK SEAT AND TOOK THINGS INTO HER OWN HAND >> I GRABBED A GUN AND I SHOT HIM. TRE: POLICE GOT TO THE SCENE AT VIRGINIA AVENUE, NEAR I-264, WHERE THEY FOUND THE 33-YEAR-OLD MAN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN HIS ARM. HE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL, BEFORE BEING ARRESTED AND CHARGED. >> I REALLY DON’T THINK HE SHOULD GET. I THINK THE NEXT TIME, THERE’S NO NEXT TIME. SOMEBODY’S GOING TO LOSE THEIR LIFE TRE: HUGHLEY APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING WHERE A JUDGE SET HIS BOND AT $75,000. LIVE OUTSIDE OF METRO CORRECTIONS, I’M TRE WARD, WL NEWS. VICKI: THANKS, TRE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME DOMONIQUE HUGHLEY HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SIMILAR CRIMES. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, HE PLEADED GUILTY IN 2016 TO MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR C

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A pregnant mother describes the moments leading up to when police say she was forced to shoot her ex-boyfriend during a frightening ride through Louisville with their 1-year-old son in the car."It was one of those situation, I wasn't going to let him kill all of us," the mother said while speaking with WLKY's Tre Ward. "I wasn't even thinking about me at that point. I was thinking about my child."After months of separation, tensions ran high last Wednesday when police say Domonique Hughley, 33, grew angry because the mother of his children moved on following their break-up. "All of a sudden, I get a blow to the face," the mother said.That alleged assault happened in front of White Owl Liquors in the 1300 block of Dixie Highway. In an attempt to escape, the woman rushed inside of the store for help."The guy gave me the phone to call the police," she said. "I wasn't able to give them full details of what happened before he comes in there and grabs me up."She said she was thrown into the back seat of her SUV as people at the store watched. According to investigators, Hughley then began speeding and swerving through traffic. Court records state he was threatening to crash the vehicle and "mess everyone up" and claimed he was going to take her "far away and kill her."The young mom, then, went into the far back seat and took things into her own hands."Before we could get on the highway, I had a choice between all of us dying or defending myself and my son," she said. "I grabbed a gun and I shot him."Police got to the scene at Virginia Avenue, near I-264, where they found the 33-year-old man shot multiple times in his arm. He was treated at the hospital before being arrested and charged."I really don't think he should get out," she exclaimed. "I think the next time -- there's no next time! Somebody's going to lose their life."Hughley appeared in court Wednesday morning where a judge set his bond at $75,000. He faces a long list of charges including strangulation, two counts of wanton endangerment, and ssault.This is not the first time Domonique Hughley has been accused of similar crimes. According to court documents, he pleaded guilty back in 2016 to multiple charges after he was arrested for choking another pregnant woman.