Donald Wooten Shot Pregnant Girlfriend In The Back Of Her Head .... To Kill Miracle Baby

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"Based on the defendant's statement to detectives … he did not want the victim to have the child," an arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime said about Donald Wooten. The 27-year-old was sentenced to 60 years in prison last week after being convicted of attempted murder, criminal attempt to commit feticide, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

"The defendant's motive was to kill the unborn child by shooting the victim in the head," the affidavit said. "As a result of this incident, the victim had to undergo an emergency C-section … to save her baby."

The DeKalb County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday that a jury found Wooten guilty for the March 2023 shooting attack after prosecutors showed them how he attacked his girlfriend near a walking trail at Chapel Hill Park in Decatur.

"According to the investigation, officers with the DeKalb County Police Department responded around 7 a.m. to a 911 call reporting an unresponsive woman near the walking trail," the DA's office recounted. "EMTs found a visibly pregnant woman lying in the fetal position, awake but not communicating, with a wound to the back of her head."

The victim was transported to a local hospital and medical staffers determined she suffered a gunshot wound to her head and that she was 22 weeks pregnant. Initially, detectives couldn't speak with the victim due to her incoherent state, but the victim's family told investigators they suspected Wooten was behind the shooting.

Police interviewed Wooten and he "informed detectives that he initially did not want the victim to have the child and he was upset that the victim chose to go through with the pregnancy," per the affidavit. Wooten provided detectives with an alibi, claiming he was with a person who later denied knowing him.

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