ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A St. Louis couple say they are surprised they’re alive after they ran away from the gunman who had invaded their home. Minutes later, the man fatally shot a police officer.

Steve and Mimi Haag described the episode that led up to Saturday evening’s attack on Officer Tamarris L. Bohannon, 29, who was responding to their 911 call in the Tower Park Heights neighborhood of south St. Louis.