The mother was shot in the chest and another bullet hit her daughter's car seat.

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>> SHIVELY POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER HAD A BLUE GUN. THEY’RE HOPING THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION HELPS LEAD THEM TO THE MAN. MEANWHILE, THE WOMAN SAYS THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE BLESSED TO BE ALIVE. >> >> WE NOTICED A GUY WALKING AND I ACTUALLY SAID TO M HUSBAND HE LOOKS SKETCHY. >> THEY SAY NOT TO JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK SKETCHY AND COULD JUST BE OUT MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS, SO I TRIED TO GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. >> BUT CHELSEA MILLER WILL NEVER DOUBT HER GUT INSTINCTS AGAIN. >> MY FULL FOCUS, OF COURSE, WAS ON THE ATM, AND MY HUSBAND WAS KIND OF JUST WATCHING OUR SURROUNDINGS. >> MILLER STOPPED AT THIS DRIVE THROUGH ATM ON DIXIE HIGHWAY SATURDAY NIGHT. HER HUSBAND, 7-YEAR-OLD SON, AND 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE ALL WITH HER. >> I HEARD HIM YELL, CHELS, PULL OFF, PULL OFF. >> AFTER THAT FRANTIC WARNING FROM HER HUSBAND EVERYTHING CHANGED. >> I JUST KINDA FROZE. I SAW THE MAN RUSHING AROUND THE CORNER AND AT THIS TIME, I DIDN’T SEE A WEAPON SO MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO START ROLLING THE WINDOW UP. >> BUT THE MAN HAD A GUN, AND HE WAS ABOUT TO USE IT. >> AS I’M ROLLING THE WINDOW UP I SAW A GUN AND I SAW HIM START TO RAISE IT TO THE CRACK OF THE WINDOW THAT HADN’T BEEN RAISED UP YET AND THAT’S WHEN I KINDA LEANED TO MY RIGHT AND HIT THE GAS AND AS I WAS DOING THAT HE SHOT IN THE CAR TWICE. >> POLICE SAY THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE GUN TAKEN FROM SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. >> IT WAS AN AQUA BLUE GUN AND I COULD SEE THE MAN’S FACE CLEARLY. >> INVESTIGATORS HOPE THE COLOR OF THE GUN STANDS OUT ENOUGH SO SOMEONE CAN IDENTIFY THE SHOOTER. >> THAT MAY BE THE ONE TIP THAT HELPS US PUT THIS GUY BEHIND BARS. >> MILLER’S HUSBAND TOOK THE DRIVER’S SEAT WHEN THEY REALIZED SHE HAD BEEN SHOT. HE DROVE HER TO THE HOSPITAL. >> I WORK AT UOFL TRAUMA CENTER SO WHEN I SEE PEOPLE GET SHOT IN THE CHEST IT’S USUALLY MORE BAD THEN GOOD, YOU KNOW, THERE’S SO MANY VITAL ORGANS IN THERE, SO I DIDN’T THINK I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT I WAS REALLY SCARED THE WHOLE DRIVE THERE. >> THE MAN ALSO SHOT AT THE CAR AS IT DROVE AWAY. THE BULLET WENT THROUGH THE TRUNK, AND HIT MILLER’S DAUGHTER’S CAR SEAT. THANKFULLY, THE LITTLE GIRL WASN’T HURT AND THE BULLET THAT PIERCED MILLER’S CHEST, DIDN’T HIT ANY VITAL ORGANS >> I BELIEVE IN GUARDIAN ANGELS AND I ALWAYS HAVE AND WITH MY BROTHER PASSING NOT LONG AGO, I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK. HIM AND GOD, I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD TO CALL IN EVER

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A Shively woman is recovering after she was shot outside of a credit union in Shively. Chelsea Miller, 27, stopped at an ATM Saturday night to get cash before going out for ice cream with her family. "We noticed a guy walking and I actually said to my husband, he looks sketchy," Miller said. "A lot of people look sketchy and could just be out minding their own business, so I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt." Miller said she will never doubt her gut instincts again. "My full focus, of course, was on the ATM, and my husband was kind of watching our surroundings," she said. Miller's seven-year-old son and three-year-old daughter were also in the car. After she pulled up to the machine, her husband yelled at her to keep driving. "I just kind of froze. I saw the man rushing around the corner, and at this time I didn't see a weapon. So my first instinct was to start rolling up the window," she said. The man had a gun, and he used it. "As I'm rolling the window up I saw a gun and I saw him start to raise it to the crack of the window that hadn't been raised up yet. That's when I kind of leaned to my right and hit the gas, and as I was doing that, he shot in the car twice," Miller said. Shively police said the shooter used a blue gun. The color is unique for a weapon, and police hope it helps lead them to the shooter. "That may be the tip that helps us put this guy behind bars," Shively Police Lieutenant Colonel Josh Meyers said. Miller's husband took the driver's seat when they realized she had been shot. "I looked down and my chest was pouring out blood and that's when we knew we needed to switch places so that my husband could drive me to the hospital," she said. "I work at University of Louisville Trauma Center so when I see people get shot in the chest it's usually more bad then good. There's so many vital organs there, so I didn't think I was going to make it. I was really scared the whole drive there," Miller said. The bullet didn't hit any of Miller's vital organs. She was released from the hospital the day after the shooting. While she was in the hospital, detectives noticed a bullet went through the trunk of her car. The bullet hit the car seat her daughter was sitting in. The little girl was not hurt. "So scared, but also so blessed because it just makes me know it could have been that close to taking away something that would have killed me more than killing me," Miller said. Police are reviewing video from the bank to learn more about the shooter. "This was certainly a brazen act. It's a few minutes after 9 o'clock on a Saturday night and Dixie Highway is a very busy area," Myers said. "Unfortunately, good people all the time are preyed upon by the evil that lurks in communities. It's not just here, it's everywhere." Police said the shooter was wearing black, plastic rimmed glasses and a hooded sweatshirt or jacket. Anyone with information on the shooting should call the Shively Police Department.