Tennessee teen charged with 2 counts of murder in deaths of pregnant woman, baby
01/03/2020 9:51 am PST
via WREG:
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (WREG) -- A teen was arrested in connection to a shooting in Brownsville that left a pregnant woman and her unborn child dead and several others injured, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced.
Jamal Voss, 17, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 2, by the U.S. Marshal Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Memphis. He appeared in court the same day and was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. He was not granted bond.
The deadly shooting happened in early December. Alexis Branch, 24, who was eight months pregnant, was pronounced dead at the scene along with her unborn baby, TBI said.
Her 8-year-old daughter was critically wounded in the shooting and has suffered paralysis over much of her body.
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