A man was arrested after deputies say he shot into a pregnant woman’s car during a road rage incident, striking her several times.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said a pickup truck was traveling north on Business U.S. 41 North in Palmetto around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday.
check on the driver before Steele left his vehicle, ran up to the victim’s passenger door and fired seven rounds at the victim’s truck.
The woman, 36 and pregnant with twins, was hit multiple times in the lower torso. When the woman’s fiance, the driver of the pickup truck, realized she had been injured, he drove her to Manatee Memorial Hospital.
Neither of the babies were hit. She was later taken to Tampa General Hospital for surgery, where she and both of the babies are listed in stable condition.
Her fiance, 57, and a nine-year-old girl also in the truck were uninjured.
Steele remained at the scene and spoke to deputies. He was then arrested and charged with five counts of attempted murder.
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Source: AbcActionnews
