The woman, who asked not be identified given the violent nature of what she witnessed, said she owes God all the glory. She spoke with ABC13 Tuesday morning.
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Doctors expect her to make a full recovery.
"I never prayed like I did last night," she said. "I'm so thankful for my life, but the main thing that I'm thankful for is that I didn't hurt anybody. Had I hurt those people that live in that house ... they could have just buried me right then and there because I never would have gotten over the fact that I had taken another human being's life."
The woman said when she was walking out of a gas station, she witnessed the violent shooting.
In her attempts to flee the dangerous situation, she said she passed out before coming to inside her car, which had crashed into a home.
"I heard, 'Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!'" she recalled. "I said, 'Jesus, are those gunshots?' His arm was out stretched. I saw the gun in his hand. I said, 'Jesus, he's shooting a gun.' He was looking directly at me. He's fixing to kill me, because he's going to think I can identify him."
According to the Houston Police Department, 52-year-old Mark Jefferson was parked inside his vehicle at the service station at 7997 W. Airport Blvd. Investigators said a man parked his vehicle next to Jefferson's car. A discussion ended with shots being fired and the suspect fled the scene in a black Chrysler 300.
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Jefferson is recovering in the hospital with wounds to his abdomen and arm.
The great-grandmother said she wants the gunman to turn himself into police.
"I would say to him if he believes that there is a God, he needs to turn himself in," she said. "He needs to turn himself into the police. I say by the grace of God, I could have been coming out of the store at the time the other guy was returning fire and could have killed me. I had nothing to do with it."
Anyone with information on this case is urged to contact the HPD Major Assaults and Family Violence Division at 713-308-8800 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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