KANSAS CITY – A gunman opened fire 52 days ago at two Overland Park Jewish facilities, killing three people including 53-year-old Terri LaManno. On Tuesday, in an exclusive interview with FOX 4, her husband shared how the shooting ripped his heart open and how he’s trying to deal with losing the love of his life.
“She was patient, kind, always put others before herself, took care of her family and her mother,” Jim LaManno said.
Jim said he and his wife Terri had a great marriage. He said they were married just shy of 25 years and expected to grow old together. But that all changed when police say 73-year-old Frazier Glenn Cross shot and killed Terri just two days before their 25th wedding anniversary.
“You had something that is more precious than money or gold and nothing can replace it, and it’s like someone stole it from me,” he said.
Jim said his wife was making her regular Sunday visit to see her mother and take her something to eat when she was shot in the parking lot of Village Shalom, a Jewish retirement center.
“Was he going in to the home to kill people and my wife just got in the way? Can I sit here and say she saved other people, I don’t know, I don’t know, maybe,” he said.
Jim said he and his wife worked hard to put their kids through college and looked forward to spending more time together.
“We were going to do more traveling; we were going to have more time. We were going to have more funds available to be able to do things together,” he explained.
Now he says he has a new focus to take care of his kids and help them achieve their goals. Jim says people all over the metro and around the word have sent their condolences. On Saturday he says the Royals will pay tribute to his wife and the other two victims, Reat Underwood and his grandfather Dr. William Corporon during the game against the Yankees.
