For witnesses of shooting, moving on is difficult

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - It's been one week since a gunman went on a shooting rampage on West Street in Chicopee hitting two people, including a state trooper.

But as people go about their daily routines, it's been difficult for those who witnessed the event to move on.

Donna Dube is the owner of the home where the shooting happened Friday.  She said that she doesn't feel safe.

"I'm scared everyday. When I walk outside I have to check the front porch and I have to look around every corner and run to my car, it's a really sick feeling.  It's like it happened yesterday, not last Friday," said Dube.

Her fiance answered the door when 41-year old Carlos Laguer tried to enter the home.

Laguer, who was there to see a woman who had a restraining order against him, put a gun to Dube's fiance's chest and pulled the trigger.  The gun never fired.

A few doors down at Chuck's Auto Service , Body Shop Manager, Joseph Bednarz showed 22News how he took police through two back doors to get a better view of the house where the shooting happened.

"I was shaking all day.  You don't realize what gunfire sounds like or what it's like to be around until it's happening," said Bednarz.

One of his employees saw the woman who was Laguer's target run out of the home, and hid her in his car until police arrived.

Laguer was shot twice by police, but shot himself in the head shortly after the shootout.