Harrowing video shows gunman chasing ex-wife through hospital, then shooting her dead in stairwell

Horrific footage shows a crazed gunman chasing his ex-wife through a hospital, then shooting her dead with a shotgun — the same day she slapped him with a restraining order.

Atilla Ayintapli, 44, was charged with murdering Eser Karaca, a 42-year-old mom of two, at the private hospital where she worked as a medical secretary in Kahramanmaras in south-central Turkey, local outlets reported Wednesday.

Harrowing video obtained by NewsX shows Ayintapli, dressed in all black, enter the facility in May and walk into his ex-wife’s office while carrying a plastic bag.

CCTV footage shows Atilla Ayintapli shooting Eser Karaca with a shotgun on hospital stairs.
Video shows Ayintapli shoot his ex-wife on the hospital stairs.NX
Ayintapli fought with his wife and a colleague in her office before he pulled the shotgun out of the bag.
Ayintapli fought with his ex-wife and a colleague in her office before he pulled the shotgun out of the bag.NX

Karaca and a co-worker push him away — then run for their lives when he pulls a shotgun from the bag.

As Karaca tries to escape down a set of stairs, Ayintapli fires and hits her as she holds up her hands helplessly to defend herself.

As she crumples to the ground, the suspected murderer unloads two more rounds at the wounded woman and then leaves, the harrowing video shows.

Ayintapli runs through the hospital with a gun, as seen in surveillance footage
Ayintapli was arrested shortly after the May shooting and was recently indicted, according to Turkish reports.NX

Moments later, Karaca’s terrified employees run over, screaming and crying as they see her bloodied body. She was rushed into an emergency room in the same hospital but died from her wounds.

Ayintapli fled the building but was later taken into custody. He’s additionally charged with threatening the co-worker with a weapon. 

Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment following the indictment. He is awaiting trial.

The shocking murder came the same day as Karaca filed a restraining order against her ex, who’d been hounding her to get back together despite previous abuse, the reports said.

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