An Independence, Missouri, man has been charged in connection with a shooting that left a pregnant woman critically injured over the weekend.

Jermaine E. Hall has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, and aggravated fleeing a stop or detention. Advertisement

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According to court documents, the Sugar Creek Police Department responded to the area of Kentucky Road and Sterling Avenue around 4:40 p.m. on reports of shots fired.

Officers did not initially see any evidence of a shooting, but as they continued checking the area, they found a black Chevrolet Traverse pulled to the shoulder just west of North Vermont Street.

Officers saw the driver's side door open and a man yelling for help.

He said that his wife had been shot in th

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