8-month pregnant woman kills other woman whose child was fathered by the same man

A pistillate successful Alabama has learned her destiny for shooting a pregnant woman surrounded by her children portion she herself was pregnant.

Aaniyah Nowden, 24, was charged with capital murder successful the decease of 36-year-old Justina Wallace, the Birmingham Police Department announced successful the summertime of 2023.

The suspect was sentenced connected Friday to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole aft being recovered guilty, AL.com reported. Prosecutors sought the decease penalty.

On July 7, 2023, Wallace was astatine a location connected the 3200 Block of 17th Avenue North successful Birmingham. The metropolis is located successful the halfway of the authorities and is location to immoderate 200,000 people.

Wallace — respective months large astatine the clip — reportedly held her toddler girl arsenic 2 of her sons stood feet distant erstwhile Nowden approached her with a gun. Nowden — herself 8 months large — fired the gun, striking Wallace.

The shooting unfortunate was subsequently brought to an country infirmary wherever she died the pursuing day.

The begetter of Wallace's toddler is said to besides beryllium the begetter of Nowden's child. The defendant's kid was calved aft the sidesplitting portion she was successful custody, according to the section outlet.

Though Nowden claimed self-defense and her attorneys claimed Wallace was "aggressive" and "belligerent" connected the time successful question, prosecutors asserted that she presented nary menace to the younger woman.

"This suspect changeable and killed a large pistillate who was carrying thing but her babe Sky successful her arms," Deputy District Attorney Jason Wilson said, according to AL.com. "Justina had nary weapon, nary gun, she wasn't attacking anybody."

Nowden's archetypal proceedings reportedly ended successful a mistrial earlier this period due to the fact that determination were not capable jurors aft the prosecution and defence ruled respective out. The proceedings did play out, eventually, with jurors yet uncovering Nowden astatine responsibility successful the shooting.