00:00Tonight, for the first time, we are hearing the harrowing story of survival from the woman who cheated death in
00:06Dallas last month.
00:08Kyra Stubbs fought for her life outside the Walmart on Forest Lane when she says a gunman started shooting her
00:15at point-blank range.
00:16She sat down with Meredith Leomans for an interview you will see only on 5.
00:23Life was great.
00:24But now, just getting to the sofa is a two-person task for Kyra Stubbs.
00:30A mom and wife who just got a new job.
00:34That morning, I got the itinerary, my first itinerary, and then it happened.
00:40Stubbs went to Walmart on Forest Lane the afternoon of Wednesday, November 19th, and as she returned to her car,
00:47was approached by a man in the parking lot.
00:49I pushed the cart thinking that he wanted my purse because I thought he was there to rob me.
00:54And as soon as I pushed the cart, he pointed the gun toward me and started shooting.
01:01Stubbs says her instinct was to grab the gun, but every time she did, she says the shooter fired a
01:07round.
01:07So that's how I got so many gunshots in my right arm.
01:11She says she ran across the parking lot, careful not to turn her back on the gunman.
01:16Never seen him before.
01:17And I'm like, why?
01:19Why are you doing this?
01:20And he was so angry.
01:22Like, he had, like, this look of vengeance in his face, in his eyes.
01:26Like, it was evil.
01:27She says she collapsed between two cars and prayed.
01:31Then I told God I trusted him.
01:33I said, I trust you.
01:35And right in that moment when I said, I trust you, he shot that last shot into my right buttock.
01:44And then he walked away.
01:46Stubbs recalls a sense of calm coming over her.
01:48She says she told a bystander to apply a tourniquet to her arm before an ambulance arrived.
01:54How many times were you shot?
01:55I was shot seven times.
01:57It's heartbreaking.
01:59I mean, she's a great mother, a great wife.
02:00Cole McNeil is Stubbs' attorney and points the finger at Walmart, saying the shooting could have been prevented.
02:07Well, it's a high crime area, and so they have to put up safeguards to make sure that things like
02:11this don't happen.
02:12There aren't individuals with guns in their parking lot.
02:15Despite reports saying otherwise, Stubbs says her assailant was a stranger.
02:20I didn't know him, and I want people to understand that it is possible.
02:25For someone to not know you and still want to harm you.
02:31She says she's still in plenty of pain, but over the next year is expected to make a full recovery.
02:38Here you go.
02:38That's good.
02:39Every day, I'm thankful that I'm still here.
02:43Meredith Yeomans, NBC5.
02:47Dallas police say the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
02:51In a statement, Walmart tells us this store does have parking lot patrol outside and a uniformed police officer on
02:59site open to close,
03:00and that both were initiated well before the November incident.
03:04Walmart added the safety and security of our associates is a top priority.
03:09We'll see you next time.
