A Colorado woman is shot in the leg at ZUMBA CLASS by a criminal who shot at another target but missed
- Adriana Lavin is recovering after being shot in the leg during Zumba class
- Diego Sanchez, 37, turned himself in Saturday and faces multiple charges
- Police say Sanchez fired multiple shots at a vehicle but hit Lavin in the studio
A Colorado woman was shot in the leg during her Zumba class when a man firing a gun across the street missed his target and hit her instead.
Adriana Lavin said she was working out at the Zumba gym on Wednesday when shots rang out through the windshield and she fell to the ground to avoid being hit, she was reminiscing about KDVR from her hospital bed.
But she had been shot in the leg. “At the moment I wanted to but I couldn’t because I fell,” said Lavin. “I was bleeding from my legs.”
Jefferson County Sheriff’s investigators said Diego Sanchez, 36, shot a car but instead hit the studio at 59th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard in Arvada, Colorado, where Lavin was training.
Sanchez, who turned himself in Saturday, faces multiple charges including first-degree criminal attempted murder, first-degree assault, illegal possession of a firearm and multiple counts of criminal mischief.
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Adriana Lavin said she was working out at the Zumba gym in Arvada, Colorado, on Wednesday when she was shot in the leg, she recalled from the hospital bed
Diego Sanchez, 36, shot a car but instead hit the studio at 59th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard in Arvada, Colorado, where Lavin was training, the sheriff’s office said
Deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5300 block of Sheridan Boulevard around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday for reports of gunfire fired.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Investigators said Sanchez allegedly fired a gun at a specific vehicle and fired multiple shots while sticking Lavin through the window of a Zumba gym at the Berkeley Village mall.
Sanchez allegedly fired the shots at the vehicle at the Sheridan Estates RV park across from the mall — a vehicle that investigators said was a target.
Stray bullets hit another car turning into the mall and smashed through the gym’s window, knocking everyone down.
“Everyone’s reaction was to drop to the floor,” Lavin said from the hospital bed. “My reaction was to grab a kid who was at my club.”
Two bullet holes were visible in the gym’s window.
MPs responding to the scene put a tourniquet on Lavin’s leg and she was taken to hospital, where she is recovering.
“They put a tourniquet on my legs to stop me bleeding because I was bleeding profusely,” Lavin said.
Investigators said Sanchez allegedly fired a gun at a certain vehicle when he stuck Lavin through the window of a Zumba gym at the Berkeley Village mall
Investigators said they found bullet holes in the walls and windows of several stores
Investigators said they found bullet holes in the walls and windows of several stores at the Berkeley Village mall.
Lavin is recovering in the hospital with her family by her side.
“I can’t have him operate because the bullet landed very close to a major artery and can’t be taken out without doing more damage,” Lavin said.
Her brother Abraham said the family is grateful that she is doing well.
“It was very hard not knowing what was going on with my sister,” Abraham said, “and I mean honestly I don’t wish anyone to have to go through it.”
Lavin was in good spirits as she recovered from her shot in the leg earlier this week
Lavin’s brother Abraham said the family is glad they are doing well but said it was hard not knowing what was going on with his sister during this tense time on Wednesday