LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's been over a year since Cherok Douglass went inside The Onion in New Albany and held one of the owners hostage.
He ran inside the restaurant minutes after shooting and killing his wife Brandee Douglass and bystander Lorin Yelle at a gas station down the road in 2022.
It's still very hard for Richard Wen and his wife Winnie.
"I told the court I don't want to see him, see him behind some walls or somewhere. I don't know, I don't want to see him," Richard said.
The couple attended Cherok's trial on Tuesday.
Floyd County prosecutor Chris Lane said a jury found Cherok guilty on two counts of murder, attempted murder of a police officer and robbery.
Douglass' attorneys argued he did not plan the violence and expressed regret afterward.
The jury deliberated nearly eight hours before reaching their decision.
The Wen's can still remember that horrible day in April of 2022.
Richard was in the kitchen and his wife was standing in the dining room when Cherok came in.
"When I go outside he said 'show me the car' and he put a gun up to my head on this side," Winnie said.
Police were everywhere. Cherok ran over Winnie in the car, and Richard witnessed everything.
"She was down the middle, the car goes reverse and goes forward and goes over her I said 'my God'," he said.
In his getaway, Cherok ran over Winnie's shoulder. She stayed in the hospital for a couple of days.
"I think I'm very, very lucky because it causes pain so much," Winnie said.
For now, the Wen's are grateful to still be alive while patiently waiting for Cherok's sentencing which is set for Aug. 29.
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