A 15-time convicted felon was recently arrested for shooting a pregnant woman in Central Florida, also striking her unborn baby.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested the man for shooting his pregnant girlfriend. Brandon Regional Hospital notified HCSO that a pregnant woman was dropped off at the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Hospital staff reported a man fled immediately after bringing her to the hospital.
Detectives identified that man as 44-year-old Eric Patterson, a 15-time convicted felon.
Detectives learned that the victim, who was eight months pregnant, was sleeping in bed with two of her children when Patterson shot her in the abdomen. The bullet also struck her unborn baby…