NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - Four people have been arrested in what police in Mississippi are calling a drive-by “retaliation shooting” that killed a pregnant teenager.
Natchez Police Chief Walter Armstrong tells news outlets that 17-year-old Shakerria King was killed at an apartment complex early Sunday. An autopsy indicated she was in the early stages of pregnancy.
Two 17-year-old juveniles, 19-year-old Curtavius Dantrell Knight and 21-year-old Nicholas J. McGrew are charged with aggravated assault, drive-by shooting, murder and murder of an unborn child. It’s unclear whether they have lawyers.
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The chief says it’s unclear whether King was the intended target, but this appears to be the third in a cycle of retaliation shootings that began in May 2017.
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