A neighbor who didn't want to be identified recalled what he saw and heard the night Hatcher, 35, was shot dead inside her parking garage at the Gables Park 17 apartments.
The man said when he heard the gun go off he was headed for the elevators and thought someone had either dropped something heavy or slammed a door.
"I heard the shot, I didn't think much of it," he said.
It wasn't until his son, who was also in the garage, called frantically that he confirmed something horrible had just happened.
"He told me a lady just got shot in our parking lot," he said.
The neighbor rushed back down and saw Hatcher, still wearing her black scrubs, laying near her car.
"She was not breathing so we figured ... we backed off and waited for the cops," he said.
Once police arrived, he said they described seeing the black Jeep Cherokee. The arrest warrant affidavit identifies Cortez as the driver of that SUV.
