The wife of a New Britain pastor is speaking out exclusively to NBC Connecticut after she was shot last week outside of her church.
New Britain Police said around 8 p.m. last Friday, shots were fired behind Angela Semidey's husband's Arch Street Church: Iglesia Cristiana El Sigue Siendo Dios.
At that time, Semidey was conducting a bible study class in the back of the church.
"I had all the children outside, trying to push them inside so that none of them would be hurt… putting them inside. I was the last one that went inside and so I felt something that hit me in the area above my hips," said Semidey, in Spanish to NBC Connecticut.
Semidey took the bullet for her husband and it went through the back of her right hip and out through her thigh.
But her quick thinking also saved a little boy standing in front of her.
“The power from the bullet... if it were a little boy he wouldn’t have made it. Definitely not,” she said in tears.
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Angela said she did not realize she had been shot because of the adrenaline rush of getting the children to safety.
She noticed the bullet when she sat on the church pew.
Her fellow church members and husband, Pastor Arthur Semidey helped her stop the bleeding and called police for help.
Semidey was taken to the hospital Friday and was released Saturday. She has since been recovering at home with her loved-ones.
Now, walking has become an issue. She has to use a cane and a walker to get by. Even walking from the living room to the kitchen - second of a walk - takes several minutes and is strenuous for Angela.
Since the shooting, police have been searching for at least one armed male suspect.
Police believe the shooting was between two groups that know each other. If you have any information, call New Britain Police.
