>> then he, you know, comes toward me and i just, you know, i just close my eyes and just pulled the freaking trigger. and i was so sorry. >> reporter: with all the things he's telling you, he's in a relationship with danielle. do you start to think, we need to talk to danielle dreher? >> yes. so the next step was let's find out, let's hear danielle's story. >> reporter: so detective szalbirak left michael and headed to the hospital where danielle had been waiting for updates on sam's condition. all danielle had been told was that sam had been shot. no one told her by whom. >> when i got over there, she was crying. she was very upset. >> reporter: detectives recorded the interview. >> we're trying to piece together what, what all happened. >> okay, let me get calm here. >> reporter: at first, detective szalbirak didn't reveal that he knew about danielle's lover michael minor, or that it was michael who shot sam. instead, he started by asking danielle about her marriage to sam. danielle candidly described it as troubled.