Baskadia

THE AFTERNOON SAGA

The woman witness who was seated next to the wife of the man behind the mass shooting that killed at least three people at a Trabuco Canyon bar recalled the terrifying moment she saw the gunman shoot at her friend.

Betty Fruichantie told NBC4 she and her friend Marie, whom she said is the estranged wife of the gunman, went to the Cook’s Corner bar together on Wednesday. The two were seated near a stage watching a performance from a cover band when gunfire erupted shortly after 7 p.m.

“We were sitting there listening to the band and all of sudden, from behind us, we hear shooting. A bunch of shooting,” Fruichantie said. “I thought it was just firecrackers, she didn’t say anything. People were getting shot. People were getting shot.”