Boyfriend tells pregnant girlfriend he wants 'to kill the baby' before blasting her with .380, punching her repeatedly in stomach: Police

A Missouri antheral blasted his pregnant girlfriend with a .380 pistol aft punching her repeatedly successful the tummy and threatening to "kill the baby," cops say.

Nicholas Geary, calved successful 2006 and a nonmigratory of Potosi, was successful the mediate of a "domestic unit incident" with his "significant other" erstwhile helium pulled the weapon retired and shot her successful the back, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

"The unfortunate reported that her fellow had threatened to sprout her successful the days starring up to the incident," a WCSO press release says. "This included the fellow making threats to sprout her successful the tummy owed to her being pregnant. On the time of the shooting, the fishy struck the unfortunate successful the tummy and changeable her successful the back."

Police accidental Geary called 911 and reported shooting his woman successful self-defense.

"When inquired what the unfortunate was doing to spot him successful fearfulness of superior carnal wounded oregon death, the suspect stated that she was getting retired of the motortruck and is known to transportation knives," according to a probable origin affidavit. "The suspect yet did sprout astatine the confidential victim, which struck her successful the backmost and besides exited her back."

Geary allegedly admitted to firing aggregate rounds astatine his girlfriend. The unfortunate told constabulary that helium had antecedently made comments "about shooting her successful the tummy to termination the baby, and past shooting her successful the head," according to the affidavit.

The woman was rushed to a section infirmary and treated for a gunshot coiled to her back. She told police that she did not privation to prosecute charges against Geary, but owed to the "escalating unit betwixt the home partners, it is the content of the affiant that charges are indispensable to guarantee information of the unfortunate and her unborn child," according to the affidavit.

Police accidental Geary has nary transgression past oregon anterior arrests. He is charged with attempted murder, domestic assault, unlawful usage of a weapon, and equipped transgression action. Geary is presently being held astatine the Washington County Jail without bond.