Men encountered Swanson before shooting
Now two men who said they saw Swanson shortly before the deadly confrontation are coming forward, and they said they have photographs to prove it.
Exclusive cell phone pictures shows Swanson walking in a wooded area in Spring Hill. Al Eylward and Robert Collins said they ran into her shortly before she was shot Saturday.
"She was literally walking down the road straight at us," Collins said. "So, we pulled up alongside of her, and at that point I looked out the window and I asked her, I said, 'Are you alright?' And she said, 'Yeah, but I'm a little bit confused.'"
Collins said the woman then walked away into the wooded area, and they snapped the photos of her. They said they took the photos, thinking that no one would believe them without photographic evidence that they had seen the woman.
A short time later, while the men were looking at a home, they said Swanson walked inside with a cross in her hands.
"She held the cross up and made a circle like this and said, 'Antichrist, Antichrist, this meeting is over,'" Eylward said. "And as she did that she stopped, turned around and walked back."
Collins said they never felt like they were in danger from her.
"At no time did any of us ever feel threatened and the only thing we ever saw in her hand was the cross," he said.
Collins and Eylward said that about 15 minutes later, Swanson was shot and killed. They said they feel awful for everyone involved.