SUGAR CREEK, Mo. (KCTV) - An Independence man is facing felony charges related to the shooting of a pregnant woman on Saturday.

Jermaine Hall, 50, is in Jackson County custody on one count of unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and aggravated fleeing a stop or detention.

Around 4:40 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, the Sugar Creek Police Department was called to the area of Kentucky Road and Sterling Avenue—just outside police headquarters—on reports of shots fired. Officers saw nothing in the area, but kept looking.

About a quarter mile away, the officers saw a car pulled over and a man signaling for help. He said his wife had been shot in the leg and needed help.

The officers applied a tourniquet to the woman’s leg to help stop the bleeding, which was described as “significant.”

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