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Doorbell video catches couple being run over by a truck in Glendale neighborhood

Posted at 5:22 PM, Feb 08, 2023
and last updated 2023-02-10 06:58:45-05

A neighbor spoke with ABC15 after her surveillance camera caught a couple being struck by a truck in a Glendale neighborhood.

Linda Gourley has lived in her Glendale home near 51st Avenue and Bell Road for 50 years.

Gourley says what happened Monday morning down her street strikes a nerve.

"To know that somebody was on the street, and I felt like he was almost stalking,” Gourley recalled. “He was so slow. It wasn't normal."

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Her Ring doorbell video captured a dark grey GMC truck following the couple just after 7:30 a.m.

The couples' attorney, Chris Goodnow, has identified the pair as Lisa Lenahan and Kirt Heaward, who are both in their 60s. He says the couple lives in the neighborhood and walks were something they did often.

She showed the video to ABC15 and said, "You can just take a glimpse of them, but you could see that they were walking and he's still following them to the corner."

Seconds later, in separate footage, the couple is seen walking down the sidewalk when suddenly the driver of the truck, 49-year-old Refugio Torres, speeds up and barrels into Lenahan.

The impact sent her shoe flying as Torres drove away.

"It was bad enough to see him hit the first go-round but to know that he turned around and came back,” said Gourley. “It was like, ‘What in the world is going on?’"

Heaward attempted to run away, but then the truck Torres was driving slammed him through a home's brick wall.

In the video, Heaward's leg can be seen in the rubble while neighbors attempted to help and called 911.

Meanwhile, Phoenix police found Torres at a home down the street. Court documents say Torres told police he was having issues with his brain and the devil told him to kill three people.

Heaward said Torres started following the two from a nearby strip mall, which matches Gourley’s video.

Heaward has a broken leg and ribs. Lenahan has a brain bleed and is not able to speak.

"Lisa, unfortunately, seemed to suffer worse injuries because she suffered neurological injuries, including a brain bleed that led to her having to be put into a medically induced coma," Goodnow said.

Between the pair, Goodnow says they have four kids and six grandkids.

The couple's family is now asking for help as they deal with this sudden attack.