Alabama woman who miscarried after being shot is indicted for manslaughter

Marshae Jones, 27, was taken into custody in the Birmingham, Alabama, area on Wednesday after a Jefferson Country grand jury indicted her on manslaughter charges over the death of her unborn child after a December 2018 incident where another woman shot her in the stomach. The woman who had the gun and pulled the trigger, 23-year-old Ebony Jemison, also faced manslaughter charges, but the grand jury declined to indict her so the charges were dismissed, AL.com reports.

Police argued that Jones, five months pregnant, started the fight and was ultimately responsible for the death of her fetus. The altercation was over the father, according to Pleasant Grove police Lt. Danny Reid. “The investigation showed that the only true victim in this was the unborn baby,” Reid said after the Dec. 4 shooting, outside a Dollar Store. “It was the mother of the child who initiated and continued the fight which resulted in the death of her own unborn baby.”