On August 7, 1989, Wood walked into the shop and shot Gene Dietz, age 55, in the chest with a .38 calibre revolver, killing him. Gene Dietz's 70-year-old brother was present and tried to stop Wood, but Wood pushed him away and proceeded into another section of the body shop.
Wood went up to Debbie, placed her in some type of hold, and shot her once in the abdomen and once in the chest, killing her.
Wood then fled the building. Two police officers approached Wood and ordered him to drop his weapon. After Wood placed the weapon on the ground, he reached down and picked it up, and pointed it at the officers. The officers fired, striking Wood several times. Wood was transported to a local hospital where he underwent extensive surgery.
There is the mistake. If they would have just let him die from the gunshot wounds it would have been much quicker. Also that cop should have been told he needed to spend more time at the range, very sloppy shooting.