Shocking footage captured the moments after a woman fatally shot her estranged husband on the steps of a Mississippi courthouse after their divorce hearing. Tanya Saucier, 49, was arrested Tuesday for gunning down James Ray Saucier, 62, outside the entryway of Pearl River County Chancery Courthouse in Poplarville after finalizing their divorce paperwork.
![[The shocking footage showed courthouse employees as well as a shirtless Jansen Owen, Tanya's defense attorney, surrounding James Ray Saucier, 62, after he was gunned down]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/15/93353983-14213979-image-m-5_1734707531977.jpg)
Video footage captured the chaos that ensued minutes after the shooting that left witnesses scrambling to try to save the victim and officers taking Tanya into custody on charges of first-degree murder. 'The life-saving efforts that our citizens attempted for Mr. Saucier was phenomenal,' Maj. Scott Allee, the Pearl River County Sheriff's Office Lead Investigator, told WLOX.
![[Tanya had initially filed for divorce on December 27, 2023, after James Saucier (pictured) allegedly shot her in the eye, head and chest on September 1, 2023]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/15/93275343-14213979-The_woman_had_filed_for_divorce_on_December_27_2023_after_James_-m-9_1734707645572.jpg)
Staff from the courthouse were seen surrounding James Ray, who was lying just feet away from the building's front doors. Jansen Owen, who represented Tanya during the divorce process, was captured shirtless while he knelt near the victim - his clothing ripped off in an attempt to stop the bleeding.
![[Video footage also captured the gun, which was determined to be a 9mm handgun, lying on the ground just feet away from where several people were seen attempting to preform life-saving measures on James Ray]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/15/93353985-14213979-image-m-13_1734707769814.jpg)
Other employees of chancery clerk's office also jumped into action. 'They were out there, he was in their lap,' Owen told the outlet. 'They helped me to apply pressure to his wounds. They took my tie and applied a tourniquet to his wounds. Video footage captured the moments after Tanya Saucier, 49, shot her estranged husband in front of a Mississippi court house following a court proceeding finalizing their divorce.
![[Due to the couple's history of violence, the court scheduled Tanya to appear in front of a judge at 10am and immediately leave afterwards so James Ray could arrive to finalize his part in the paperwork]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/15/93354801-14213979-image-m-15_1734707898344.jpg)
