Crime & Justice
Driver intentionally mowed down couple, killing wife, after calling 911 with ‘threats to shoot a school’
Shaunda Bizzell was killed by a man who drove his car into her and her husband minutes after he called 911 and made threats to bomb a building, police say.
Derek and Shaunda Bizzell were taking an evening stroll in their Chesterfield, Virginia neighborhood Monday night when a crazed man plowed into them.
The unimaginable for Derek and Shaunda Bizzell
“We walked around the curb. We could see a car coming up the middle of the street like cars always do, and then he got closer to us,” Derek Bizzell told WWBT. “I could see him veer. I screamed her name, and all I heard was the thump.”
The husband wound up under the car, while his wife landed on top. When he grabbed his phone to call 911, he was too shocked to be able to speak, but good samaritans who rushed over to help called in the deadly emergency.
Before hitting the couple, police say the man called 911 with “threats to shoot a school, bomb a building and assault police officers.”
Suspect
The driver, identified as Daniel Anderson, 22, purportedly has a history of mental health issues, according to his father. He “intentionally steered” his 2012 Hyundai toward the innocent couple, police said.
Daniel Anderson (Photo Credit: Chesterfield VA police)
Shaunda Bizzell, 42, a married mom of two adult children, was taken to a nearby hospital but died from her injuries. Her husband was also hurt in the collision but has since been released from the hospital.
“I’m a little banged up, but if I could trade places with my wife, I would,” the heartbroken man said.
It was Shaunda’s first time she’d joined her husband Derek on his regular evening stroll around their neighborhood in Chesterfield, according to WWBT.
Derek Bizzell and Shaunda Bizzell
Derek on losing his wife Shaunda Bizzell
Bizzell said he has not been sleeping or eating, and feeling “just numbness” since losing his beloved wife.
He added that while he has not forgiven the driver, “I do pray for his family because I’m pretty sure they are hurting the same way we are hurting right now,” he said.
Anderson has been charged with murder, malicious wounding, making threats of death or bodily injury and making threats to bomb or damage buildings.
He is being held without bond.
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