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Utah teacher kills her ex-husband's girlfriend in front of her kids

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SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah teacher shot and killed her ex-
husband's girlfriend in front of the former couple's children, 
police said in jail documents released Monday. Chelsea Watrous 
Cook, 32, came to her former husband's suburban Salt Lake City 
apartment to deliver cold medicine to one of their 3-year-old 
twins Sunday night, police said.

Cook entered while the man was in the parking lot, locked 
herself in a bathroom and called 911. It's not clear what she 
told the operator, but when she came out she grabbed a gun from 
her coat and fired several times at Lisa Vilate Williams, police 
said.

Williams, 26, was hit at least twice in the torso and fell back 
to a couch while Cook sat down in a chair near the children.

The man took the gun and tried to help Williams. He pinned Cook 
to a wall when she tried to walk back to her coat, and held her 
until police arrived.

Williams died at a hospital.

The children "were present during the entire ordeal," officers 
wrote in the probable cause statement.

Cook was arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder. No attorney 
was immediately listed for Cook in court documents, and messages 
left at numbers listed for her were not immediately returned.

Cook was a health teacher at Skyridge High School in Lehi, and 
had been scheduled to teach yoga next term, said Kimberly Bird, 
assistant to the superintendent at Alpine School District. She 
had worked for the district for four years, but the district 
sent a letter terminating her employment after the arrest.

"Honestly, this news is just shocking and disturbing, I can't 
explain it any other way," Bird said. "As an adult, it's hard 
for me to process, I can't imagine a 14-year-old freshman having 
to deal with that information."

CBS affiliate KUTV reports that the school released a statement, 
calling it a "heartbreaking incident."

"This type of news is hard to comprehend and we want you to know 
that teachers, counselors and your parents can help provide 
support in this difficult time," the school said.

Court records show her husband filed for divorce in August 2017, 
and it was finalized in January. Cook was arrested on suspicion 
of domestic violence in the presence of a child on Oct. 16. 
Court records do not detail the incident. She had pleaded not 
guilty.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chelsea-cook-skyridge-high-school-
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