Overview

• Authorities say the confrontation unfolded around 9 a.m. Sunday on North Hoover Road in Ponchatoula after tailgating and brake-checking between a silver pickup and an SUV.
• A single shot struck a 17-year-old who was seven months pregnant in the head; doctors performed an emergency C-section and the baby is stable in a neonatal intensive care unit.
• Investigators found no weapon in the SUV and say no other shots were fired, contradicting the suspect’s claim that he was shot at first.
• Barry West, 54, was arrested and booked on four counts of attempted second-degree murder, illegal use of a weapon, and obstruction of justice, and he remains in Tangipahoa Parish custody.
• Local reports say doctors do not expect the teen to recover and the family planned to remove life support, and officials have said charges could be upgraded depending on her condition.