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Gene Kennedy, Sandra Yi and Jon Dunn reportingEmployees are returning to work this morning at the sight of a domestic dispute that turned violent.
Police say a woman drove her SUV through a building near 700 East and 4000 South and chased down her husband.
She is in jail this morning on attempted homicide charges.
Witnesses say they saw the same couple arguing in the parking lot of Woodland Towers at lunch time Wednesday. Investigators say late Wednesday afternoon Brenda White chased the man around the parking lot in her SUV.
"She just floored it, just hit her gas and went right into the building and came through," one witness says.
Annalee Rowley, Witness: "I thought to myself 'she's going to hit the building. No brakes, no nothing, just heading full speed towards the building."
Tire marks are visible on the courtyard concrete where the woman pulled into the building, chasing the man into the lobby.
Drew Lambourne, Witness: :"I just saw broken glass everywhere and I saw the car in the lobby."
It happened as most people were trying to head home.
The SUV went in one side of the building and came out the other. Police say, a domestic dispute went too far.
Drew Lambourne: "I heard the big boom. I heard a big boom."
Shattered glass litters the lobby of this office tower.
Drew Lambourne, Witness: "You could not not step on glass walking out of the elevator."
Sybil Terry, Witness: "I was in shock actually, in disbelief whether or not that was really a car coming out through the front door."
Witnesses say this was no accident.
Police say White was trying to run down her husband. They were arguing, and she chased him through the parking lot.
Lt. Chris Bertram, Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office "He was running as fast as he could trying to get away from her."
The man ran into this building, but he still wasn't safe. His wife drove through the lobby, and hit him. But that didn't end it.
"She actually struck him when they got to the end of the hallway. She wasn't able to stop in time and crashed through the front window. She actually backed up and tried to strike him again," says Salt Lake County Sheriff's
By then, witnesses had called for help. They say the victim managed to hide in a closet.
Drew Lambourne: "I saw the man bleeding. He looked like he was in shock."
They say the woman showed little emotion.
Annalee Rowley: "She just sat there in the truck as calm as could be."
Drew Lambourne: "To me, it looked like she couldn't believe what she had just done. She was in shock herself. She was wide-eyed."
Witnesses are just as shocked. They say, more people could have been hurt.
Annalee Rowley: "A lot of people leave at 4. It could have been a whole lobby full of people. She could have killed someone."
Witnesses say the man pushed a little girl out of the way, just before the SUV crashed through the building.
Police aren't sure what the argument was about, but say the couple is going through a divorce. The man suffered serious leg injuries. His wife had minor cuts and was taken to the hospital.
