NEW ORLEANS ( WVUE /Gray News) – A man in Louisiana has been arrested after authorities say he shot a pregnant teenager in the head during a road rage situation.

According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, 54-year-old Barry West is charged with four counts of attempted second-degree murder, one count of illegal use of a weapon and obstruction of justice.

He is being held in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail.

Deputies said the shooting happened around 9 a.m. Sunday on North Hoover Road near Ponchatoula.

Investigators believe West and another vehicle — a Ford Expedition carrying the 17-year-old victim and two others — were tailgating and brake-checking each other before West fired a shot into the SUV.

The teen, who was seven months pregnant, was struck in the head while sitting in t

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