Jennifer Gould

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.

With no backstop to catch the heavy .45 caliber slugs, the bullets were just free to whistle through the residential neighborhood.

Adams is now charged with first-degree manslaughter for his conscious disregard for human life.

Currently out on bond, he is slated to face the music at a preliminary hearing on February 26th.

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A cold-blooded killer allegedly turned a New Year's Eve reunion into a slaughter, stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death before playing the role of a worried lover to buy himself enough time to flee the continent.

Nikita Godeshala, a 27-year-old rising star data analyst, was found brutally murdered inside the Columbia apartment of Arjun Sharma, 26, just hours after the suspect called police to report her missing in a diabolical attempt to cover his tracks.

Seth Hoffman with the Howard County Police spoke to Fox 5 DC.

The carnage unfolded shortly after 7 p.m.

on December 31st at Sharma's residence in the 10,100 block of Twin Rivers Road.

Detectives believe Sharma unleashed a savage knife attack, leaving the ambitious professional dead from multiple stab wounds.