A Chicago man is accused of shooting the pregnant mother of his 8-year-old son just days after Christmas, resulting in a miscarriage.
Melvin Richmond, 30, took his son, whose mother is the victim, to a Christmas party on December 26 and as he drove the boy home around 2:40 a.m., court documents show the 30-year-old mother could hear him being rude to her daughter, according to FOX 32.
When Richmond dropped his daughter off at the mother’s home, she told her mother that he yelled at her, prosecutors said.
The mother called Richmond and prosecutors say the two got into a verbal argument.
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Melvin Richmond, 30, took his son, whose mother is the victim, to a Christmas party on December 26 and as he drove the boy home around 2:40 a.m., court documents show the 30-year-old mother could hear him being rude to her daughter, according to FOX 32.
(Chicago Police Department)
At that time, the mother’s fiancé was inside the house.
Prosecutors say a few minutes after the phone call, the mother heard a loud knock on the front door and Richmond was discussing the earlier phone call.
After attempting to kick in the door, Richmond fired multiple shots through the front door, hitting the mother in the lower right thigh, back and left flank, according to court documents.
Richmond then fled the scene, according to prosecutors, and fired several more shots at the mother’s car, which was vacant at the time.
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When the mother was transported to a local hospital, she received surgery on her colon, intestine, and gallbladder removal.
The mother suffered a miscarriage as a result of the shooting, prosecutors said.
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Richmond was arrested and is being charged with felony aggravated assault/discharging a weapon, felony attempted first degree murder, and felony manslaughter of an unborn child.
