Pregnant Woman Shot in Colorado, Baby Survives

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A pregnant woman was shot in Grand Junction Sunday night and her baby was delivered by Caesarean section, police said.
The identity of the 23-year-old victim was not released and the man who shot her is at large.
The shooting happened at about 11:15 p.m. near the intersection of North 26th Street and Belford Avenue, police said.
The woman, who was in her third trimester of pregnancy, was taken to St. Mary's Hospital where she died.
Details on the condition of the child were not released.
Police said the shooter knew the woman, but details on their relationship or a motive in the shooting were not released.
The Mesa County Coroner's Office was performing an autopsy on the victim this morning.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8758435

 

[Lizard]

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- A pregnant woman shot and killed outside an apartment complex Sunday had asked the court to lift the restraining order against the man who allegedly took her life.

According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Anna Maria Macias, 23, had a restraining order against her boyfriend, Lonnie Ray Herrera, 39, after he was accused of child abuse and assaulting her during a February incident in Clifton.

Last week, Macias petitioned the court to lift that restraining order. The Mesa County District’s Attorney Office recommended against the request and a judge agreed.

Herrera is being held on a $2 million warrant in connection with the shooting and killing of Macias in front of her two young children in Grand Junction Sunday night.

Witnesses heard screaming, then shots around 11:15 p.m. Sunday and found Macias in the intersection of N. 23 Road and Belford Avenue. She was rushed to the hospital, but died. She was in her third trimester of pregnancy.

Emergency medical personnel delivered the baby by Caesarean section. The arrest affidavit for Herrera says the baby was born alive but may have brain injuries.

Herrera was arrested in Delta Monday. Delta County Sheriff Fred McKee said Herrera was armed with a semiautomatic handgun when he was taken into custody.

Macias’ 8-year-old daughter told police that Herrera was upset with her mother Sunday night because she would not spend the night with him.

The girl told police Herrera first drove her, her 4-year-old brother and her mom to a remote place where Herrera fired a gun into the air.

The girl said Herrera then drove a van to the apartment complex on Belford Avenue. Herrera then shot her mom after the trio exited the van.

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[Jaded]

Baby taken off life support...dies.
Dammit....

http://www.examiner.com/a-1319603~Baby_of_slain_mother_taken_off_life_support__dies.html

 

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Name:

HERRERA, LONNIE R

Est. Parole Eligibility Date:	06/08/2095
Next Parole Hearing Date:	Mar 2095

Est. Mandatory Release Date:

09/13/2128

Colorado ” Lonnie Ray Herrera was sentenced to 102 years in prison Thursday for shooting his 23-year-old girlfriend, Anna Macias, in the neck on March 30, killing her and her unborn child.

Herrera, who will be 40 later this year, could be up for parole when he’s 97 years old if he is a model prisoner. But Mesa County Chief Deputy District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, who prosecuted Herrera, said Thursday Herrera’s first realistic chance at parole won’t come until Herrera is 105.

“The number one goal was to lock him up for the rest of his life,” Rubinstein said. Along with that goal was to keep Macias’ daughter, who witnessed the shooting, from having to testify in a jury trial, which is why Herrera and the court decided on a plea agreement for 102 years in the state penitentiary.

Before Herrera went to jail for the next century, Macias’ mother, Angie Rodriguez, had some parting words for the man who took her daughter and unborn grandchild’s lives.

“I’d just like to tell this killer that I hope he goes to prison and pays for what he did,” Rodriguez said in front of the judge. “I hope he gets paralyzed like he did to her.

Back in the courtroom, Herrera gathered a much smaller group of family members. His mother also spoke at the sentencing, saying “I love my son and I always will.”

Judge Brian Flynn handed down Herrera’s sentence for second-degree murder and a weapons charge with little sympathy for the defendant.

“This is a case that I think involves a crime of horrific magnitude,” Flynn said. “All of this occurred really for no reason.”

Grand Junction killer gets 102 years

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado

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