Overview

• Katelynn Strate, 17, was shot in the head during a Sunday morning confrontation in Ponchatoula and was kept on life support so doctors could deliver her baby.
• The newborn girl was delivered at 28 weeks, weighing 3 pounds, 11 ounces, and is continuing to do well in a neonatal intensive care unit.
• Deputies say both vehicles were tailgating and brake-checking on North Hoover Road before Barry West, 54, allegedly fired a single round into the Ford Expedition.
• West is in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on one count of second-degree murder, three counts of attempted second-degree murder, illegal use of a weapon and obstruction of justice.
• Officials condemned the shooting, the family authorized organ donation, and a GoFundMe is raising money for funeral costs, medical bills and care for the infant.