Grandmother Held Without Bond In Son-In-Law Shooting

Cheryl Hepner told police that her estranged son-in-law tried to shoot her, authorities said

The Tamarac grandmother charged with shooting her estranged son-in-law will remain in jail until her trial, a Broward County judge ruled late Thursday afternoon.

Cheryl Hepner, 66, told police that her son-in-law, Salvatore Miglino, who is divorcing her daughter, tried to shoot her, authorities said.

But Miglino, anticipating problems when he arrived at Hepner's home to pick up his son, was videotaping much of the incident on his iPhone.

"Oh my God!" Miglino is heard on his iPhone video, "I can't believe you f---king shot me!" The shaky video shows Miglino wrestling the gun away from her. He called 911 and told dispatchers he was shot in the shoulder and his side. "I took the gun away from her! She shot me!" he told 911.

At the same time he was giving his version to 911, she was telling another 911 dispatcher: "He’s gonna say that I did this and I didn’t. He’s such a son of a b---h.”

“Listen to me," said the 911 dispatcher to Hepner, "Did he pull the gun on you? Or did you pull the gun on him?” ”No," she said, "He pulled the gun on me. And he’s got it and he drove away.”

She was charged with attempted first degree murder. A judge not only denied her bond but ruled the iPhone video can be admitted as evidence in trial even though it is illegal in Florida to record someone's audio without their consent.
 

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