Friday, May 15th 2009, 4:00 AM
Oprah.comThe Sheehans on Oprah.
The daughter of an abusiveNYPDofficer shot dead by his battered wife said she's glad he's gone.
"No part of me misses him. My life is 150% better,"Jennifer Sheehansaid of her slain dad,Sgt. Raymond Sheehan, in an interview Thursday withOprah Winfrey.
Jennifer Sheehan, 23, said she and her brother lived in "constant fear" her dad would harm their mom. He also went after them, once locking them in a bedroom at gunpoint, she said.
Barbara Sheehanpumped 11 bullets into her husband in theirHoward Beach,Queens, home last February. She's awaiting trial on murder charges.
"I had no choice," a tearful Sheehan, 48, told Winfrey. "He was going to kill me."
Sheehan - who is free on $1 million bail - led a camera crew on a tour of the couple's upstairs bathroom, where she says her husband aimed a gun at her and threatened to kill her for refusing to join him on a trip toFlorida.
She grabbed his second gun from the bedroom and raced for the stairs, opening fire when he refused to drop his gun.
"I just shot it," she said. "It all happened so fast."
Barbara Sheehan said she wanted to share her tale to warn other women to get out of abusive relationships.
She tried to leave her husband multiple times, but said he vowed to hunt her down and kill her and the kids.
Sheehan's lawyer,Michael Dowd, said he was "bewildered" that Queens prosecutors were pursuing the case in light of the history of abuse.
A spokesman for the Queens district attorney said, "This case, like all cases in Queens County, will be tried in the courtroom and not in the media."
Read more: "Daughter of battered wife Barbara Sheehan, who killed NYPD officer husband, is glad mom shot dad" -http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/15/2009-05-15_daughter_of_battered_wife_barbara_sheehan_who_killed_nypd_officer_husband_is_gla.html#ixzz0FZk660Lc&A
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