HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - Police say an 18-year-old pregnant woman was shot and killed at a North Carolina home.
News outlets cite a High Point Police release that says responding officers found 32-year-old Corey S. Ray shot in the buttocks and his sister, 18-year-old Anastaista Ray, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head Monday night.
Witnesses told police they saw an SUV drive by the residence and fire multiple shots. Officers found around 20 shell casings in the road.
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Both victims were hospitalized. Investigators were told shortly after midnight that Anastaista Ray and her unborn child had died. Corey Ray is listed as stable, but his exact condition is unknown.
No motive or suspects have been identified.
Anastaista Ray’s mother, Talisha Ray, tells news outlets her daughter was due Sept. 26.
In Moore County, prosecutors announced Tuesday that they will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend.
Police have charged 18-year-old Brian Lovon Little with first-degree murder and murder of an unborn child in the April 8 shooting death of 18-year-old Aiyonna Clarice Barrett.
District Attorney Maureen Krueger said there are “multiple aggravating factors” that support her pursuit of the death penalty. Barrett was found shot to death inside a car on a dirt road in Southern Pines.
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