Firearms instructor Darryl Montague, shot by student at Vermont firing range.

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The suspect, Veronica Lewis, 31, of Worcester, Vt., arrested shortly after the shooting, has been charged with first-degree attempted homicide. She pleaded not guilty to the charge the following day and is being held without bail.

Montague said the shooting occurred during the middle of Lewis's second lesson with her husband. The woman's motive was a simple one, she said.

"She wanted the gun, she shot him with his gun and took it," Montague said. "It was a random interaction, it had no relationship to him at all. He was just a means to an end. It was that cold."

The Burlington Free Press reported that Lewis is subject to an order out of New York that prevents her from possessing or purchasing a firearm, court records show.

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