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Nancy Sandra Phelps, a five-time cancer survivor who spent years cheating death, was taken out by a single Christmas bullet while cradling that infant grandchild on a holiday afternoon.
Sandy, or Nanny as she was known...
was relaxing on a covered porch around 3.15 p.m.
in the Meridian area about 90 miles southwest of Oklahoma City when the crack of gunfire began echoing from the north.
Witnesses say Sandra remained eerily calm, even joking with her family as the shots rang out saying, quote, someone got a new gun for Christmas, end quote.
Unaware that the weapon was currently being aimed,
in her direction.
Moments later, the grandmother let out a simple heartbreaking, ouch, and collapsed into the love seat.
First responders found a scene of absolute horror.
Sandra had been struck by a high caliber round that tore through her upper right arm and steep downward angles before burying itself deep into her chest.
She was pronounced dead on the spot, still clutching that infant she'd been protecting just minutes prior.
One of her granddaughters spoke to ABC5 News.
The trail of blood led deputies nearly a third of a mile away to the backyard of 33-year-old Cody Adams.
He admitted to cops he got a Glock .45 caliber handgun for Christmas and was just testing it out by taking pot shots at a Red Bull can that was on the ground.
Investigators found a graveyard of spent casings on Adams' deck
and noted a terrifying fact.
From his shooting direction, the emergency lights flashing at Sandra's home were visible in a direct, unobstructed line of fire.
Adams reportedly broke down in tears, muttering, I'm sorry, after a deputy told him his target practice had claimed a life.