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WEBVTT BOB: THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS HERE INSIDE THE APARTMENT TRYING TO KEEP THE MAN OUT AND TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR. HE OPENED FIRE. THESE BULLETS, AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN TEARING THROUGH. THE YOUNG WOMAN WAS ONLY GRAZED HERE ON HER SIDE. ASK ME AND MY KIDS ARE SAFE AND THAT IS ALL I CAN REALLY ASK FOR. I’M NOT DEAD. I’M STILL HERE. BOB: THESE BULLET HOLES SHOW HOW CLOSE THE DANGER CAME TO JESSICA MCFARLAND. THE MAN POLICE SAY FIRED THE SHOTS, GAGE CARROZZI, THE FATHER OF THEIR ONE-YEAR-OLD AND 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN. >> HE TRIED TO KICK IN THE DOOR AND I WAS HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT SO HE COULDN’T GET IN. I STARTED HEARING THESE LOUD POPPING NOISES. BOB THAT POPPING, SHE QUICKLY : REALIZED, WAS GUNFIRE. >> HE WAS SHOOTING TO THE DOOR. BOB: HE FLED AFTER FIRING THE SHOTS THAT WOUNDED HER. THAT BROUGHT BUTLER TOWNSHIP AND STATE POLICE TO THE FRIEND’S HOME ON HANSEN AVENUE. WHILE THEY SEARCHED FOR HIM, BUTLER AREA SENIOR HIGH, INTERMEDIATE HIGH AND VO-TECH WERE ON PRECAUTIONARY LOCKDOWN. POLICE GATHERED IN FORCE OUTSIDE CARROZZI’S BESSEMER AVENUE HOME . HE WAS PICKED UP NEARBY A SHORT TIME LATER NEARBY UNDER THE PICKLEGATE BRIDGE. CARROZZI IS IN CUSTODY FACING CHARGES. JESSICA MCFARLAND AND IS GLA -- JESSICA MCFARLAND IS GLAD H CHILDREN ARE SAFE. JESSICA: IT WAS VERY FAST AND I DIDN’T SEE IT COMING. HE’S ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT DAD AND NOT JUST REALLY THE GREATEST BOYFRIEND AT TIMES. BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT SIDE.

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A Butler Township woman escaped serious injury when she was grazed by gunfire police say was shot by the father of her children through the door of an apartment she was visiting. She said she was trying to keep him out and close the door when he opened fire. Seven bullet holes are visible on the door of the apartment on Hansen Avenue."Me and my kids are safe and that's all that I can really ask for. I'm not dead. I'm still here. So I just want to move forward," Jessica McFarland said outside Butler Township police offices.The bullet holes -- one at head level and waist level in the door of the Hansen Avenue apartment of a friend she was visiting -- show how close the potentially deadly danger came to her..The man police say fired the shots, Gage Carrozzi, is the father of McFarland's 1-year old and 4-year old children."He tried to kick in the door and I was holding the door shut so he couldn't get in And then I just started to hear these loud popping noises," McFarland said. "He was shooting through the door."Carrozzi fled after firing the shots that wounded her. That brought Butler Township and PA State Police to the friend's home on Hansen Avenue.While they searched for him, Butler Area Senior High School, Intermediate High School, and Vo-Tech were placed on precautionary lockdown. Police gathered in force outside Carrozzi's Bessemer Avenue home and he was picked up nearby a short time later, under the Picklegate Bridge. Carrozzi was charged with criminal attempt criminal homicide, aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person. Carrozzi was transported to the Butler County prison to be video arraigned at a later time. McFarland is glad her children are safe."It was just very, very fast. I didn't see it coming. and I'm shocked because he wasn't always like this. He's always been a great dad and just not always the greatest boyfriend at times but this is a different side, " McFarland said.Norma Regis, McFarland's mother, said,"I'm glad she's fine.My grandkids are fine. It is what it is, at this point. They're all OK, that's all I care about. The healing can start. It's going to be hard. She's strong. She'll do it."