The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 44-year-old Eric Patterson after a violent shooting left a pregnant woman and her unborn child critically injured.
On November 22, 2025, at 5:17 a.m., Brandon Regional Hospital notified deputies that a pregnant woman had been dropped off with a gunshot wound to her abdomen. Hospital staff reported that the man who brought her fled immediately.
Detectives identified Patterson, a 15-time convicted felon, as the suspect. Investigators learned the victim, eight months pregnant, was sleeping in bed with two of her children when Patterson shot her. The bullet struck both her and her unborn baby…