Boyfriend used surprise flowers to lure pregnant girlfriend outside, then shot her in the head just weeks before the baby was due, cops and friends say

A pregnant teen who was owed to springiness commencement successful conscionable a fewer weeks was allegedly shot successful the head and killed by her boyfriend successful California. The young antheral showed up unexpectedly with flowers and past changeable the mother-to-be erstwhile she came extracurricular to get them, according to household and friends.

Jariah Edwards, 17, of Arizona, was successful San Diego with her household and staying successful a "short-term abrogation rental" erstwhile her boyfriend, Trevon Williams, 21, showed up unannounced aboriginal Saturday greeting with the flowers and asked her to travel outside, the San Diego Police Department reports.

"[Williams] had traveled to San Diego separately and met up with the unfortunate extracurricular the rental, wherever helium changeable her," SDPD officials accidental successful a press release. "The unfortunate and respective household members were visiting San Diego from Arizona."

A person tells AZ Family that Williams allegedly coaxed Edwards extracurricular with the flowers aft showing up successful the mediate of the night.

"At astir 1:10 a.m., San Diego Police Department Dispatch received aggregate 911 calls reporting a shooting successful the 4900 artifact of Gardena Avenue," the SDPD merchandise says. "Officers arrived wrong minutes and located [Edwards] suffering from a gunshot coiled to the head."

Williams allegedly changeable the young parent and past "fled connected ft to a adjacent canyon," according to police. "At astir 3:00 a.m., officers located the fishy hiding adjacent 4900 September Street," the SDPD merchandise says. "A semiautomatic handgun was recovered astatine the clip of his arrest."

Edwards' household told Arizona NBC affiliate KPNX that she was owed to springiness commencement to a baby girl successful conscionable a fewer weeks. "She was truthful excited," an aunt said, asking to stay anonymous.

"She was genuinely similar 1 of the sweetest people," the aunt told KPNX. "She conscionable precocious started increasing into herself and becoming, you know, who she was expected to be."

When officers arrived connected country aboriginal Saturday, they instantly initiated lifesaving measures for some Edwards and her unborn child. Paramedics transported them to a section hospital, wherever an "emergency cesarean conception was performed," according to police.

"The newborn remains successful captious condition," the SDPD merchandise says. "Despite life-saving efforts, the parent died astatine the hospital."

Williams was booked into the San Diego County jailhouse connected suspicion of murder. He is expected to look successful tribunal this week.