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. 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 par s 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 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 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, knew him very well