Well Anita says she will never forget
the terrifying day her former son-in-law, Dylan,
entered her home through an unlocked door
with a loaded shotgun in hand,
with his finger on the trigger,
looking for her daughter, Alexa, and her baby grandson.
Anita said it was the most frightening day
of her entire life.
It ended in a dramatic police chase.
Take a look.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon.
It was the sound of the dog gate that alerted me.
I noticed someone coming around the corner and it was Dylan.
I saw a shotgun in his hand with his finger on the trigger.
My mom immediately knew that something wasn't right.
I got into his face and I said what the (bleeps), Dylan.
There was a blank look in his eye.
The whole time it's like he wasn't there.
I totally recognized that it was a dangerous situation.
I said, Dylan, go put the gun away.
And he said no.
And then Dylan asked where my husband was.
And I responded, why?
And he said because I wanna talk to all of you
and then you're gonna watch me kill myself.
I said that's not gonna happen today, Dylan.
And then Alexa came around the corner,
the baby started crying and Alexa screamed,
oh my gosh he has a gun.
And then Dylan pushed her.
My mother 100% protected my son and her with her life.
I picked up my grandson, who was crying,
and I said to Dylan, we loved you, why are you doing this?
And he said, well she cheated on me.
I was looking straight in his eyes the whole time,
but I was also looking at that gun.
I got him out the front door somehow.
And I'm poking him with my fingernail in his chest
and I said, quit (bleeps) doing this.
Then he cocked the gun.
I thought, okay I'm dead.
I'm ready to go.
At least I know my daughter's safe and my grandson is safe.
And then he ran down the stairs and he got into his truck
and he took off.
The cops were already on their way.
Dylan drove up here, drove to the end of this cul-de-sac
and parked his truck and started smoking a cigarette.
There were multiple police cars that confronted him.
They shot 14 times from what I remember,
and one cop hit him.
One of them caught him in his shoulder
and he slumped down.
He was arrested and taken to the hospital.
Well Dylan was ultimately sentenced
to nine years in prison for numerous charges
including assault with a deadly weapon,
burglary, evading police and child endangerment.
When Dylan went to prison, his mom Cherie was allowed
to see her grandson but now she claims
Alexa has completely cut her off.
Why?
Because according to Alexa, Cherie refuses
to accept her son's responsibility in the gun incident.
Cherie is ready to take Alexa to court
to petition for grandparent's rights.
Take a look.
Dylan's mom, Cherie, made it seem that it was all my fault
that Dylan had been shot.
Like I pushed him over the edge.
Three months ago Alexa severed my grandson's relationship
with Dylan's side of the family.
I don't want my son to be around Cherie.
Because I feel like she's going
to sabotage our relationship between my son and I.
Cherie is on a whole different page from me
when it comes to parenting.
She's told my son that his dad lives in the mountains
and he has a house.
I have told my son that his dad is in big boy timeout.
I keep it short and simple so he doesn't get confused.
I do blame the family for what Dylan did.
They knew that Dylan had problems.
I think that Cherie is an enabler.
He is the one who decided to come to my mother's house
with a loaded shotgun and threaten
my son's life, my mother's life and my life.
Cherie applied for grandparent rights.
We will see how it goes.
If I had my way, I would have nothing
to do with these people.