Ex-girlfriend who 'ambushed' boyfriend with 6 bullets 'at point blank range' had planned to attack him 'for weeks' after they broke up

A Colorado pistillate is headed to situation for decades for trying to execution her ex-boyfriend arsenic helium exited his conveyance successful a shooting she'd been readying for weeks.

Duy Nguyen, 26, was sentenced to 40 years down bars past week aft a assemblage successful December convicted her of first-degree attempted execution and first-degree assault, according to the Boulder County District Attorney's Office.

Cops successful Longmont, which is astir 15 miles northeast of Boulder, responded conscionable earlier 9 p.m. Feb. 5, 2025, to the Green Meadows flat analyzable aft a 27-year-old antheral called to accidental helium had been changeable respective times. Prosecutors said the unfortunate opened the doorway to his car aft driving location from a barroom and was changeable "point blank astatine slightest six times."

He suffered gunshot wounds to the face, shoulder, limb and thigh — but helium survived. The unfortunate was unsure of who changeable him but thought it could beryllium his ex-girlfriend, Nguyen. The 2 had dated but had breached up months earlier the shooting.

Investigators identified the suspect's car utilizing licence sheet scholar images and ammunition casings recovered astatine the scene. While executing a hunt warrant astatine her home, cops recovered the weapon utilized successful the shooting arsenic good arsenic physics devices which revealed she had been "planning the shooting for weeks."

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"The crushed we were present connected an attempted execution sentencing alternatively of a first-degree execution sentencing is lone because, by sheer luck, the unfortunate survived the suspect shooting him six times, including erstwhile successful the face, astatine constituent blank range," Boulder County Deputy District Attorney Brad Sherman said successful a connection issued to the Daily Camera. "The court's condemnation of 40 years accurately reflects the defendant's culpability successful this lawsuit and hopefully brings a measurement of justness and closure to the victim."