Dramatic moment SWAT team rescue woman, 28, drag her to safety and kill her ex-boyfriend after he held her hostage and shot her at point-blank range outside an Office Depot

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SWAT team dragged Kristin Bauer to safety after two-hour armed stand-off
She was being held by ex-boyfriend Andrew Bermudez by an Office Depot
Police killed Bermudez after he shot Miss Bauer, 28, at point-blank range
Store worker was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition, police said
Pair had dated for several months but she recently broke up with him
Miss Bauer's father said she called him during the confrontation in Redlands, California, on Thursday

Published: 22:27 EST, 24 March 2016 | Updated: 07:09 EST, 25 March 2016

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This is the dramatic moment a SWAT team rescued a 28-year-old woman who was held hostage and shot at point-blank range by her ex-boyfriend.

Armed police shot dead Kristin Bauer's former partner Andrew Bermudez outside an Office Depot store in Redlands, California, where she worked.

Heart-stopping footage shot at the scene shows the tactical police unit dragging a motionless Miss Bauer across the road to safety.

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This is the dramatic moment a SWAT team rescued 28-year-old woman Kristin Bauer, who was held hostage and shot at point-blank range by her ex-boyfriend Andrew Bermudez

Armed police shot dead Kristin Bauer's former partner outside an Office Depot store in Redlands, California, where she worked

Kristin Bauer (left) was in a critical condition in hospital on Thursday evening after being rescued by police, who shot dead Bermudez (right)

SWAT vehicles and police cars swarmed the scene after Bermudez took Miss Bauer hostage in Redlands

Police said the woman was airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center in a critical condition, CBS News reported.

Bermudez, who was identified by Miss Bauer's father, died at the scene.

'He did fire at her. The officers fired at him to try to stop that threat and be able to try to save her life,' Redlands Police chief Mark Garcia said.

'He came to the store, looking for her. She tried to get away and he followed her out of the store. At one point, he did fire a round in the store.'

Garcia said the shooting came after a two-hour stand-off outside the store - from about 2.20pm to 4.30pm PST - which followed a domestic incident between the former couple.

The tense scene was captured on local television and Bermudez was seen stroking petrified Miss Bauer's hair as negotiations with police were underway.

Miss Bauer (pictured) dated Bermudez for several months but had recently broken up with him, her father said

A police officer was also seen being loaded onto a stretcher but it is not clear how severely injured he was

The tense scene was captured on local television and Bermudez was seen stroking petrified Miss Bauer's hair as negotiations with police were underway

At one point, Bermudez fired a shot which grazed a passer-by's (pictured) finger, leaving him with minor injuries

At one point, the man fired a shot which grazed a passer-by's finger, leaving him with minor injuries.

A police officer was also seen being loaded onto a stretcher but it is not clear how severely he was injured.

Miss Bauer's father, Gregory Bauer told the Redlands Daily Facts that his daughter phoned him during the confrontation.

'It was like background noise. She kept telling him, "You gotta let me go. You gotta let me go," and he said, "I'm not afraid to die".'

He told the Riverside Press-Enterprise that the phone went dead moments later.

Mr Bauer added that his daughter had dated the man for several months but she had recently broken up with him.

The father said her daughter's ex-boyfriend was usually calm and that something must have 'triggered' him.

The shooting came after a two-hour stand-off outside the store, which followed a domestic incident between the former couple. Pictured, police at the scene

REDLANDS UPDATE: Hostage rushed away by SWAT after suspect shot, unclear if she's injured https://t.co/9od88Jz4j2 https://t.co/3dTA7IqCwm
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) March 25, 2016