torn through his bladder and intestines. they had to place him in a drug-induced coma to save his life. he was unconscious for a month. local law enforcement initially assumed the shooting was a botched robbery, but elizabeth joyal believed otherwise. i didn t want to seem like this crazy conspiracy theory woman, but i knew that it was not a carjacking. there s just no way that it was just some random guy. it had to have been a planned attack. reporter: because nothing was stolen, and the assailants had clearly been lying in wait. which is why, when joyal came stumbling into the house with a bullet wound, he told his wife to call his business partner, a former russian spymaster. and warn him i was shot.
drug-induced coma to save his life. he was unconscious for a month. local law enforcement initially assumed the shooting was a botched robbery, but elizabeth joyal believed otherwise. i didn t want to seem like this crazy conspiracy theory woman, but i knew that it was not a carjacking. there s just no way that it was just some random guy. it had to have been a planned attack. reporter: because nothing was stolen, and the assailants had clearly been lying in wait. which is why, when joyal came stumbling into the house with a bullet wound, he told his wife to call his business partner, a former russian spymaster. and warn him i was shot. reporter: so if you re warning your russian business partner that you ve been shot, you clearly didn t think this was a botched robbery,
the .9-millimeter bullet had torn through his bladder and intestines. they had to place him in a drug-induced coma to save his life. he was unconscious for a month. local law enforcement initially assumed the shooting was a botched robbery, but elizabeth joyal believed otherwise. i didn t want to seem like this crazy conspiracy theory woman, but i knew that it was not a carjacking. there s just no way that it was just some random guy. it had to have been a planned attack. reporter: because nothing was stolen, and the assailants had clearly been lying in wait. which is why, when joyal came stumbling into the house with a bullet wound, he told his wife to call his business partner, a former russian spymaster. and warn him i was shot.
hospital. the .9-millimeter bullet had torn through his bladder and intestines. they had to place him in a drug-induced coma to save his life. he was unconscious for a month. local law enforcement initially assumed the shooting was a botched robbery, but elizabeth joyal believed otherwise. i didn t want to seem like this crazy conspiracy theory woman, but i knew that it was not a carjacking. there s just no way that it was just some random guy. it had to have been a planned attack. reporter: because nothing was stolen, and the assailants had clearly been lying in wait. which is why, when joyal came stumbling into the house with a bullet wound, he told his wife to call his business partner, a former russian spymaster.
blood reporter: stays in the body. stays in the body. reporter: so you don t lose consciousness. elizabeth is a registered nurse and her training kicked in. there were no signs of external bleeding at that point. so that kind of freaked me out too. as a nurse, i know if it s not bleeding on the outside, it s bleeding on the inside. reporter: an ambulance arrived and rushed joyal to the hospital. the nine-millimeter bullet had torn through his bladder and intestines. they had to place him in a drug induced coma to save his life. he was unconscious for a month. local law enforcement initially assumed the shooting was a botched robbery, but elizabeth joyal believed otherwise. i didn t wanna seem like this crazy conspiracy theory woman. but i knew that, you know, it was not a carjacking. it just there was just no way that it was just some random guy.