Pregnant woman hit by car following officer-involved shooting

  Crystal KobzaHOUSTON (KTRK) -- An off-duty Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office deputy tried to stop suspected shoplifters and set off a series of events early Sunday that ended with an innocent woman getting hit by a car.

It happened around 2am in the parking lot of a 24-hour Walmart on the North Freeway near Tidwell in northwest Houston.

According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, a man and woman distracted an off-duty deputy working as a security guard by telling him there was a wreck in the parking lot.

That's when the alleged shoplifters made their move out of the store.

"Moments later the manager came running. They had obviously loaded down some baskets with meat and rolled it out the front door," Pct. 4 Assistant Chief Mark Herman said. "The manager saw it, alerted the officer, and that's when the confrontation began."

As the deputy was detaining the woman, the male suspect ran to his car. Authorities say that's when he attempted to use his car as a weapon.

"Once getting into his vehicle, the individual tried to run the officer over," Herman said. "The officer drew his weapon and discharged his weapon numerous times at the suspect."

The deputy wasn't the only person caught in the path of the out-of-control vehicle. An innocent bystander loading groceries into her car was knocked to the ground by her own vehicle after the suspect ran his car straight into hers.

"She was ground transported to LBJ [Hospital]. We found out later she was pregnant," Herman said. "We know she has cuts and bruises and they're doing an evaluation on her being that she is pregnant."

The male suspect fled the scene. Houston police and HCSO investigators are hoping his accomplice will help them locate him. They are also reviewing security video taken from the parking lot.

Both suspects face numerous charges, including theft and aggravated assault.

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Pregnant woman killed crossing street, doctors deliver baby

Investigators say 30-year old Rice University teacher Jennifer Young was crossing the street at Main and Cambridge Tuesday morning when she was hit by a car. She died at a hospital and doctors were forced to deliver her unborn child.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A pregnant woman was killed while crossing a street, but doctors may have been able to save her unborn baby.

The accident happened at about 9:20am Tuesday in the 6300 block of Main. Police say the woman, who's been identified as 30-year-old Jennifer Young, was trying to cross the street at the intersection of Main and Cambridge.

As Young crossed the street, a gray Acura MDX, traveling south on Main, had the green light. A vehicle next to the Acura stopped in the middle of the intersection and the Acura continued forward, hitting the victim.

Young was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where her unborn child was delivered by emergency surgery. The baby remains in critical condition.

The driver of the Acura was questioned and released at the scene. The investigation continues. The woman's identity has not been released.

Young was a teacher at Rice University. According to university officials, she taught computational and applied mathematics. She had been working at the university of two years.

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Pregnant mom accused of leaving kid in car due in court

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A pregnant mother who allegedly passed out in her car with her baby after trying to get a piercing is expected in court this morning.

Workers at a tattoo parlor on the North Freeway say Stephanie Irene Santana showed up in the middle of the night Wednesday asking how long it would take for a piercing.

Workers kicked her out because she seemed intoxicated and they called police. Police say they found a beer bottle in her diaper bag and Xanax in her car.

Santana is charged with child endangerment.

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Police: Allegedly drunk pregnant mom left kid in car

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A pregnant mother faces several charges after police say she was found drunk outside a tattoo parlor.

The woman had her 10-month-old child in her car at the time. That girl is now in protective custody of CPS as workers try to find a suitable relative to take care of the child, and her mom sits in jail.

It was at Dagos Tattoo Shop on the North Freeway where workers say something disturbing happened early Wednesday morning. They say a seven-month pregnant woman was at the center of it all.

A tattoo worker who calls himself 'Yogi' said, "I knew she was stumbling. I knew she was on something."

Yogi says the woman, who police have now identified as Stephanie Irene Santana, 20, appeared to be heavily intoxicated when she came into Dagos at around 4am asking for a piercing.

"She asked me how long would the piercing take, and I said why would you ask me how long would it take because there is nobody in here. And she said because I have a baby in the car. That's when I asked her who's watching the baby. She said nobody, the baby is asleep," Yogi recalled.

Workers say they quickly became concerned and immediately asked Santana to leave.

Yogi explained, "I said, you know what, I can't pierce you, or even sign you up with a baby in your car. You need to go outside and tend to your baby."

Yogi says he and his coworkers called police as they watched Santana stumble back out to her car and fall asleep behind the wheel. They say her 10-month-old little girl was also sleeping, unrestrained in the passenger's seat.

"She was asleep in the car and we called the police," Yogi said. "She was asleep in the car for a long time before they got here."

Police say they found several beer bottles and some Xanax in Santana's car. They say the woman is now facing numerous charged including DWI, child endangerment and possession of a controlled substance.

"She was looking for trouble," Yogi claimed. "She got everything she deserves, because the baby was in danger and she needs to be where she needs to be."

CPS workers say the 10-month-old little girl is doing well.

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Pregnant woman injured after slamming into big rig

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A pregnant woman was hurt when her car rear-ended an 18-wheeler.

Wreckers towed away the mangled car on Highway 290 near Mangum in northwest Houston just before 5am. The woman was taken to the hospital. Her condition is not known at this time.

The truck driver was not hurt.

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Man arrested in stabbing death of pregnant woman

Joseph Michael Devia, 19, is charged with capital murder.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- An arrest has now been made for the murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child last year.

Omoyeme Erazua and her unborn child died after she was stabbed in southwest Houston on August 22, 2010 and her body was left in a grassy ditch in the 10500 block of Richmond. Police found blood at the scene and compared it to the blood from the fetus. They determined the blood came from the father of the baby, later identified as Joseph Michael Devia.

Investigators discovered that Erazua was staying at the Mission of Yahweh shelter prior to her death and they found text messages exchanged between the victim and defendant.

Devia, 19, is charged with capital murder. Police say Devia is in custody in Chicago after he had enlisted in the Navy.

Police say they are starting proceedings to extradite Devia back to Houston.

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