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Pregnant Arizona Teen Shot Dead in San Diego; Infant Survives in Critical Condition

Authorities arrested a 21-year-old suspect charged with capital murder plus weapons offenses, prompting scrutiny of how intimate-partner violence crosses state lines.

Overview

  • The 17-year-old was shot on May 30 outside a Bay Park vacation rental and died after doctors performed an emergency C-section to try to save her baby.
  • San Diego police arrested 21-year-old Trevon Williams hours after the shooting, finding him hiding nearby with a handgun and booking him on first-degree murder and multiple weapons counts while prosecutors filed capital murder charges.
  • Investigators say Williams traveled from Phoenix to San Diego to meet the victim, and friends say the teen had been trying to leave the relationship and may have been lured outside.
  • Doctors delivered the infant at about 32 weeks; the newborn survives but remains hospitalized in critical condition with reported severe brain injury from oxygen loss.
  • Family, neighbors and fundraisers have mobilized to cover medical and funeral costs, and Williams is being held without bail as court proceedings continue.