White Woman has Hands and Feet Amputated After Black Shooting

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White Woman has Hands and Feet Amputated After Black Shooting

November 25th, 2015

Awake Goy

A former middle school counselor has lost all her hands and feet after being shot during a robbery at cellphone store.

Julie Dombo , 61, was shot in the arm and lung on August 11 at a Derby AT&T store in south-central Kansas store.

Because of oxygen deprivation to her limbs while in the hospital, her hands and legs required amputation in early September.

The Wichita Eagle reports that about $54,000 has been raised so far for Julie Dombo on Go Fund Me.

Dombo and her daughter Aimee, 31, described the last beautiful moment before the frightful incident.

Aimee said that a day before the shooting, her mother Julie took her to the airport.

She recalled getting a warm embrace from her mother and said she never could have imagined this was the last time she would see her healthy.

‘She didn’t just let me out of the car,’ Aimee Dombo said. ‘She walked me up to security; we looked at each other and hugged each other.

‘And I remember getting through security and I turned around and we waved to each other about five times. It felt really special. That’s the last time I saw her with her hands and feet healthy.’

Myrtle Beach Online reports that the next day everything changed.

Julie was out doing her daily walk for exercise and she decided to stop at an AT&T store to get her phone fixed on the way home.

‘I thought I’d just run into the store and get my phone fixed,’ Julie said. ‘And then my whole life changed in seconds,’ she added.

Julie was caught in the cross fire during a robbery.

‘I fell to the floor, and I just said, “Please don’t let me die,” ‘she said. ‘I just didn’t want to die.’

An ambulance finally came for her and rushed her to safety. She was in a coma for six days following.

The alleged gunman, James Michael Phillips, was arrested after he fled the robbery scene and is being held on a number of charges.

As a result of her mother’s injuries Aimee left her job as an Emmy nominated artist on the show ‘Madame Secretary’ and returned home to be with her family.

Julie’s husband John had only recently retired as vice president of Wichita Canteen Co. after 40 years in food service.

Now both John and Aimee have the full time job of caring for their mother five days a week at the hospital where she is staying.

Julie will be coming home soon, however.