>> anyway, cara seemed to be moving on, too. with another police officer. a steamy relationship. march 2015, three weeks after j.j. moved out is when it happened. the night of panic and terror. and now cara was sitting in a police car. what was she thinking? here's what she told us. she was wondering, she said, why it was taking so long for paramedics to treat the intruder she shot. >> i thought maybe i had grazed him. and when i got into the cruiser i said, what's going on? why didn't -- why isn't the ambulance leaving? and deputy vaughn said, he doesn't need an ambulance. and i thought, oh, [bleep], now he's really going to be mad. now i'm really in trouble. >> what do you mean, "now he's really going to be mad? " >> well, i had fired a gun and called 911. he could have lost his job. >> lose his job? he's going to be mad? oh yes. cara ryan knew who her intruder was.