DENVER -- In one of his first interviews since a deadly shooting in Grand Junction last month, Michael Gallagher said he believes "God didn't want me to die" when a gunman shot and killed his wife and a family friend.

Gallagher's 60-year-old wife, Floyce, and a family friend, 61-year-old Terry Fine, were killed by Stefan Martin-Urban on Oct. 11, police said. Fine's wife, Linda, was injured in the shooting.

Gallagher rushed Linda Fine to a hospital in a car as the gunman continued to fire at them.

Gallagher, the former president of Mesa State College, escaped the shooting unscathed, but his thoughts remain on the driveway of the Fines' home on the morning of the shooting. Gallagher told police that he and his wife had left their home to meet another couple. The group was heading to Las Vegas on vacation.

"Bottom line, we were going for a good time," Gallagher told the Daily Sentinel.

When Gallagher left his house, he saw a green sport utility vehicle make a U-turn in his driveway, he told police.

"I never even made eye contact," he told the Sentinel. A few minutes later, he pulled the BMW entirely into the Fines' driveway on Chestnut Drive, where the Fines were waiting outside with their luggage, Gallagher said.

Gallagher's wife moved from the front seat into the seat behind her husband and was joined in the back seat by Linda Fine.

Terry Fine had just finished loading the luggage and was heading back to his house to set the alarm when that same green SUV pulled up and parked in the street, Gallagher said.

At first, Gallagher said he thought the driver was a salesman.

Terry Fine greeted the man, Gallagher said, and as the man stopped just about three feet away, he opened fire.

"The minute he started firing, I mean, I just froze," Gallagher said.

Coroner's officials said Fine, a 61-year-old dentist, was shot four times and died instantly on his driveway.

The gunman stepped around the open front passenger door and shot several times into the car at Linda Fine.

Floyce Gallagher leaped out of the car.

"The guy stepped behind the car and shot Flo," Gallagher said.

One bullet struck Floyce above the left eye and destroyed most of her brain, the coroner reported.

Gallagher, though, didn't see that Floyce was hit and thought she was still in the car. The gunman then pointed his 9 mm semiautomatic Ruger at Gallagher.

"I could see the slide was back, and I knew what that meant, and he knew what that meant," Gallagher said.

The gun was out of ammo.

Gallagher said he realized that was his moment to escape. As he pulled the BMW out of the driveway, the gunman reloaded and continued firing several times, hitting parts of the car.

Only God could have made sure those bullets struck something else before they hit him, Gallagher said.

"I guarantee you cannot drive a car by with somebody firing a gun and hit two window posts," he said. "I will guarantee you, it ain't happening."

"As I shot out this way, I saw Flo laying on the ground," Gallagher said, choking back tears. "That was the hardest thing of all of this because I'm leaving my wife laying on the ground. But you know, the other side of that is God told me to just keep your foot on the accelerator and just go, because I knew Linda was dying."

He drove to the hospital, leaving his wife behind on the bloodied driveway.

Floyce "Flo" Gallagher, a former teacher, died from four gunshot wounds that "were not survivable," the Mesa County Coroner's Office said.

The gunman then shot and wounded a neighbor who heard the gunshots and ran to help, police said.

Month Later, Police Still Searching For Clues

Martin-Urban drove off and then shot himself as authorities closed in on his vehicle, police said. Coroner's officials said Martin-Urban committed suicide with a shot to the head.

On Friday, the Mesa County coroner's office said toxicology tests on Martin-Urban showed no sign of drugs or alcohol.

Police have not yet been able to find a link between Martin-Urban and the Gallaghers. Police still don't have a motive for the shooting.