Eric Patterson was arrested on several charges after allegedly firing a gun pierced through his 8-month-pregnant girlfriend ...

A Tampa man was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of shooting a pregnant woman in the abdomen while she was sleeping.

"Detectives learned that the victim, who was eight months pregnant, was sleeping in bed with two of her children" the shooting occurred.

A man is accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend in a shocking act of violence that nearly claimed two lives.