Ace was immediately surrounded by the press people outside the city court. One had asked, "Sir, what do you feel now that finally this case is over and the accused would be punished?" Ace replied, "I just want to come home and be sure that my wife is fine. Lately, she has been having frequent nausea attacks, making me very much worried." Just as Ace was about to excuse himself from the press, Regina Villa-Soriano, who was with her daughter as police officers got ready in transporting Faye to Missi Penitentiary, snatched a gun from the belt holster of one of the police officers and fired it several times at Ace making him fall to the ground and bleed a lot. The police officers had apprehended her immediately. Uncle Mateo and Matt, who were both trauma surgeons and who both attended the