Fort Bragg soldier charged with killing pregnant girlfriend, shooting her as she drove car
Alonzo Dargan Jr., stationed at the North Carolina military base, is charged with murder and feticide for allegedly shooting Akeila Ware on a Georgia highway.
A soldier stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina was arrested Thursday and charged with murder for allegedly shooting his pregnant girlfriend while she drove on a Georgia highway.
Akeila Ware, who was 33-weeks pregnant, was driving while Alonzo Dargan Jr. was trailing her in another car Tuesday, said Capt. Kelli Ellington, with the Troup County Sheriff’s Office.
Dargan, 30, ran Ware — pregnant with his child — off the road and fired from behind the wheel of a Nissan Altima, Ellington said during a news conference Friday.
“She wrecked. She was shot while the car was moving,” Ellington said. Dargan was arrested Thursday night by military personnel, Ellington said. He is charged with murder, feticide — or death of an unborn child — and possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime, she said.
Ware’s mother, Twila Ware, said her daughter’s shooting felt surreal, NBC affiliate WRAL in Raleigh reported.
“It just seems like it’s just a dream, like you’re going to wake up out of it,” she said. The news outlet…Read More