SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — An Alabama woman who was eight months pregnant was fatally shot, but medical personnel delivered her baby, authorities said.
According to police in Scottsboro, the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide, WHNT reported. Police were called after a report of a suspicious vehicle on a roadway at about 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, the television station reported.
Two people were found fatally shot inside the vehicle: Amber Michelle Coffman, 35, and Owen Deanglo Williamson, 33. Both were from Hollywood, Alabama, WAFF reported.
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Emergency responders transported Coffman to an area hospital in an effort to rescue the unborn child, WHNT reported. The child was born and then rushed to a hospital in Huntsville for further care, the television station reported.
The motive for the double fatality is unknown, and the investigation is ongoing, authorities told WAAY.
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