By KIM LEE-BERG and DAVID SANTORUM, The Associated Press Washington (AP) The Latest on the fatal shooting of a woman who had been dating a man for a year and a half by a former friend (all times local):12:50 p.m.
The woman who was fatally shot by a man she had been living with as a girlfriend for a few months is pregnant with her second child, a source close to the family tells The Associated Post.
The family of the 24-year-old victim says the baby girl was born last week at a hospital in Maryland.
The AP’s Kate Snow reports.
12:10 p.d.
The FBI says the shooter, identified as 29-year old Jordan Wayne Roberts, is a veteran of the Army and served in Iraq.
Authorities have not released details about the shooting.
Roberts is suspected of killing the woman in the apartment and her unborn child.
The shooting comes amid a growing national discussion about gun violence and its effect on communities.
A woman who lived with Roberts and her newborn child was shot and killed in Maryland earlier this week.
The shooter was identified by authorities as 29 year old Jordan Roberts, who has served in the Army.
Roberts was a former soldier who was stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
He had been in a relationship with the woman for several months, according to police.
A relative said Roberts was in the process of getting a divorce from his wife of nine years.
He lived with the victim in the couple’s apartment in Baltimore.
A Baltimore police spokesman says the mother and baby are safe.
Police say Roberts was armed with a 9 mm handgun.
The Associated
