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Jacksonville Police Say Unborn Child Dies After Pregnant Woman Shot

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office investigates the scene where a pregnant woman was shot early Tuesday.
News4Jax
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office investigates the scene where a pregnant woman was shot early Tuesday.

Police who believe a pregnant woman was shot early Tuesday morning as she slept in her apartment on Kona Avenue said the woman’s unborn child has died.

WJCT News partner News4Jax reported a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office spokesman said woman, in her late 20s, was shot once in the stomach around 1:15 a.m. She was stabilized at the hospital but in serious condition. Investigators believe she was targeted by the shooter.

Police said two were inside the Oakwood Villa Apartment Complex on Kona Avenue at Acme Street, off Atlantic Boulevard, at the time of the shooting. No one else was injured.

Follow updates on this developing story at News4Jax.