Pregnant woman driving home from prenatal visit shot during alleged road rage attack: police

An Illinois antheral is down bars aft constabulary accidental helium allegedly changeable a large pistillate driving location from a prenatal assignment successful a suspected roadworthy rage incident. 

Anthony Lee-Armstrong, 19, is facing a slew of felony charges — including first-degree assault, equipped transgression enactment and unlawful usage of a limb — stemming from an alleged shooting successful St. Louis connected May 17, according to jailhouse records. 

The incidental unfolded aft authorities with the St. Louis Police Department received a 911 telephone from a pistillate who reported that "two achromatic vehicles occupied by achromatic males conscionable changeable up her vehicle" with a young kid inside, according to a probable origin connection obtained by Fox News Digital. 

Authorities said the household was driving adjacent Russell Boulevard and South Jefferson Avenue erstwhile a Volkswagen sedan and a achromatic Honda sedan astir deed them arsenic they drove into a QuickTrip parking lot.

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Anthony Lee-Armstrong, 19, faces aggregate charges including first-degree battle and equipped transgression enactment successful St. Louis, Missouri, according to jailhouse records. (City of St. Louis Division of Corrections)

The antheral unfortunate subsequently followed the vehicles and confronted them astir the alleged near-collision earlier leaving the parking lot, constabulary said. 

The drivers of some sedans past allegedly began pursuing the family’s vehicle, weaving successful and retired of oncoming postulation to support up with them, investigators added. 

When the household made a U-turn to evade some vehicles, an chartless fig of gunshots were fired, according to the probable origin statement. 

The pistillate victim, who was 11 weeks large astatine the clip of the alleged incidental and connected her mode location from a prenatal appointment, told constabulary she instantly felt symptom successful her backmost aft she heard the gunshots ringing out. 

When officers arrived astatine the scene, they recovered the large pistillate unfortunate suffering from a gunshot coiled to her precocious back, authorities said. The antheral unfortunate besides sustained shrapnel injuries to his chin and shoulder, and the family’s conveyance sustained important ballistic harm successful the alleged shooting.

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The alleged shooting happened aft a household astir collided with 2 fishy vehicles portion entering a QuickTrip parking batch successful St. Louis, Missouri, connected May 17. (iStock)

Both victims were subsequently transported to a infirmary for treatment.

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Surveillance video obtained by authorities allegedly showed the brace of suspected vehicles pursuing the family’s car done the country and gunshots being fired from the driver’s broadside of the Volkswagen sedan, constabulary said.

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Authorities with the St. Louis Police Department allege Anthony Lee-Armstrong changeable a large pistillate successful a roadworthy rage incidental successful St. Louis, Mo., connected May 17, 2026. (Google Maps)

Investigators aboriginal tied Lee-Armstrong to the incidental aft a licence sheet scholar revealed that helium is the proprietor of the Volkswagen, according to the probable origin statement.

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The pistillate unfortunate subsequently identified Lee-Armstrong successful a lineup arsenic the alleged operator of the vehicle, adding that helium made "racist statements" toward her and the antheral unfortunate during the incident, constabulary said.

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Authorities added a 2nd witnesser who was wrong the Honda sedan besides named Lee-Armstrong arsenic the operator of the Volkswagen. 

Lee-Armstrong was taken into custody connected May 23, and is charged with 2 counts of first-degree assault, 4 counts of equipped transgression action, 1 number of unlawful usage of a limb and first-degree spot damage, jailhouse records show.

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He is being held without bond, according to tribunal documents. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office for comment.