Opinion ID: 2679929
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Heading: Events Preceding the Shooting

Text: [¶8] A couple of days before Hayden shot Sandora and Mills, he went target shooting with his mechanic. Hayden and the mechanic drove to a local department store where the mechanic purchased ammunition for Hayden’s gun, a pistol that the mechanic identified as a .45 caliber handgun manufactured by Colt. [¶9] On July 24, the day before the shooting, Hayden visited the home of a frequent drug customer to sell crack to her brother. While he was at her house, he told the customer that he and Sandora had been fighting and that their relationship was over. He stated that he was “going to catch her with [Mills]” and that “I’m going to kill that bitch and I’m going to get [Mills], too. I’m going to catch him.” 5 The customer saw Hayden take a black handgun from underneath the seat of his car and ask her brother to clean it for him in exchange for crack. The same day, Hayden asked both the customer’s brother and the mechanic to help him procure ammunition for the gun.