The moments leading up to the shooting and killing of a man who kidnapped his 22-month-old daughter now give even more scary details as to why the Walworth County Deputy had to pull the trigger on Antonio Torres.

During the final standoff near Pell Lake, police say that Torres put his daughter on the highway and pointed a shotgun, threatening to do the same.

His daughter is now in safe hands after he kidnapped her and beat his girlfriend.

Girlfriend, Beating Victim on Torres: "He's A Great Man 90% of the Time"

Jennifer Popovich received the blows Torres dealt right before Torres kidnapped their daughter, and she kicked him out of their home because he was getting too abusive.

Yet in her mind, he still had redeeming qualities

"I know people are going to portray him as this monster and he really wasn't," Popovich told the Racine Journal-Times.

"He just had this one personality flaw. Everybody has one. He's a great man 90 percent of the time."

During the Amber Alert, Torres called Popovich and mentioned that he had five squad cars behind him, and Popovich attempted to convince Torres to stop the incident. He put the phone up to his daughter's ear so Popovich could talk to her...then the phone cut out.

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Estranged Wife Knows Familiar Story

In 1998, Torres beat up and threatened to kill his now ex-wife, Deanna.

"He broke into my house and he just started beating on me," said Deanna.  "He told the kids that he was going to kill me, that they would never see me again."

He spent six years in prison for the crime. A kidnapping charge was dropped.

10 years after that incident happened, Deanna remembers Antonio's explosive nature.

"He goes into these rages, and there's just no stopping him."

When asked whether his six-year sentence was too light, she responded, simply, "Yes, I do."

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Antonio's Family Remembers Different Side

Torres' sister, Rachel Albarran, says that his brother made mistakes, but had many positives as well.

"He wasn't a monster," said Albarran. "He would ahve done anything for that little girl."

She doesn't believe that he threatened his 22-month-old daughter before deputies shot and killed him.

"Maybe if they would have told us what was going on, maybe we would have had a different outcome."

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