Two pregnant women in cities on opposite ends of the country were shot this week by gunman, highlighting how no one is safe amid the nation's ongoing crime crisis.
SEATTLE:
The Seattle Times reports 34-year-old Eina Kwon, who was eight months pregnant, was shot alongside her husband while stopped in a car Tuesday morning on their way to work. Kwon was rushed into surgery and her baby was delivered, but both died. Kwon’s husband, 37-year-old Sung Kwon, was shot in the arm and treated at the same hospital. He has since been released. The couple had been married since 2015 and also have a toddler.
Witnesses say the shooting appeared to be unprovoked. Police arrested Cordell Maurice Goosby, who is the suspect who walked up to their car before shooting, and recovered a stolen 9mm handgun. When they arrested Goosby, he said, "I did it. I did it."
DEVELOPING: Cordell Maurice Goosby has been booked into the King County Correctional Facility for homicide and is likely the suspect in the murder of a pregnant women in downtown Seattle today
— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) June 14, 2023
Washington, D.C.:
Fox 5 reports a pregnant woman, 22-year-old Samya Gill, was shot in the nation's capital on Thursday while she sat in a parked car around 11:20 am. D.C. Police Assistant Chief of Patrol Services Andre Wright said Gill and a man were in their car when a white sedan pulled up and two armed men jumped out. The gunmen opened fire on the vehicle, striking the woman and the man several times.
#BREAKING @DCPoliceDept are looking for this suspect car & vehicle. Told a pregnant woman & man were parked in a car on the 300 block of 37th St. SE when 2 suspects got out and shot into the victim’s vehicle. Victim’s vehicle … pic.twitter.com/oqS8IF0O4E
— Stephanie Ramirez (@RamirezReports) June 15, 2023
After being taken to the hospital, Gill gave birth to a baby but she later died from her wounds. The baby remains in critical condition. The man was treated for non-life threatening injuries. D.C. Metro Police are still on the hunt for the suspects in the shooting.