911: "Is this a medical emergency?"
Caller: "Yes, you might want to send an ambulance to 930 N. Pine."
911 Dispatcher: "What is wrong there?"
Caller: "I shot a gentleman that was talking about flight simulators."
This was how the first few seconds of the 911 call played out between Dianna E. Sanders and the Midwest City Police Department at approximately 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13.
Sanders called police from a 7-11 convenience store located a few miles from the residence she shared with Stephen J. Dollarhide, 54.
On Tuesday, Midwest City presented information to the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s office, who then formerly charged Sanders the next day with first degree murder.
According to the affidavit filed Nov. 15, Sanders shot Dollarhide with a .22 pistol in the chest. She fired just one shot at him and then left to go call 911.
MWC police detective Tim Blanton wrote in the affidavit that Sanders said Dollarhide had been talking about "flight simulators" and she "felt trapped and suffocated."
"So you felt threatened and you shot him?" the dispatcher asked, to which Sanders replied, "Ya."
Sanders then told 911 that she walked out the door with Dollarhide, whom she had just shot, lying on the living room floor motionless.
The affidavit states that Sanders had been living with Dollarhide, in his residence, for the past 1 ½ years. She told 911 that Dollarhide had been talking a lot about "flight simulation, 9/11 and Al Qaeda."
The dispatcher inquired to Sanders if Dollarhide had any mental conditions, to which she answered, "No, but I do."
Sanders told police she is "paranoid schizophrenic," the affidavit said.
The conversation continued on with Sanders saying at one point, "I shot him, I know I did; I just don’t remember it."
The dispatcher asked if a physical altercation took place between the couple that morning and Sanders said no.
"It was more mental abuse over his views," Sanders said, adding she did not leave because she didn’t have a way out.
Sanders said the YWCA shelter her sister had told her about was not an option because they "wouldn’t take her unless she had the hell beat out of her."
The interview between police and Sanders ended with Sanders finally remembering how the shooting played out.
"I remember sitting there."
She then described how Dollarhide got out his shotgun, which made her feel "uncomfortable," and then his handgun, which he put on the coffee table. After that, Sanders said Dollarhide handed her the gun and then she shot him once in the chest and then left to 7-11.