A pregnant Louisiana teenager was killed Sunday when she was struck by a bullet fired from another vehicle in what police are calling a road rage shooting.

According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, 17-year-old Katelynn Strate was a passenger in a car and seven months pregnant when she was shot in the head.

Pregnant teen killed in road rage shooting

What we know:

Police said a man driving a silver truck and the driver of the SUV the teenager was riding in were tailgating and "brake-checking" each other around 9 a.m. Sunday in Ponchatoula, about 50 miles north of New Orleans.

Authorities said the truck's driver, Barry West, 54, shot one round into the SUV when it was in front of his vehicle. Police said he believed the occupants of the SUV had shot at him first, but evidence

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