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A former Dancing with the Stars alum has detailed the especially terrifying moment where robbers attempted to steal his watch but instead shot his daughter. Season 6 DWTS contestant Cristián de la Fuente made it to third place with partner Cheryl Burke , and recently reunited with her for an episode of her podcast, Sex, Lies, and Spray Tans . De la Fuente and Burke reminisced over their time together on the dancing competition show while De la Fuente also opened up about his childhood and other personal life experiences, including the frightening moment involving his daughter, Laura.

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” De la Fuente stopped at a friend’s house to drop off his daughter, but one of the guys followed him and “knocked on the window with the gun.” He tried to run away, but the guy continued to follow him and shot at him “trying to kill me.” De la Fuente explained that the bullet flew just three centimeters away from his face.

Unfortunately, the shooter continued firing and "hit my daughter in the legs.” De la Fuente then had to rush his daughter to the n.

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