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A baby girl was born by emergency C-section in Louisiana after her teen mother was critically shot during a suspected road rage<\/a> incident \u2014 and is unlikely to ever meet her newborn daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The girl was born Sunday at a hospital in Hammond, just north of New Orleans, about half an hour after 17-year-old Katelynn Strate was shot in the head by the driver of a silver pickup truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strate was placed on life support after the attack so her baby could be saved, and the girl was delivered two months early at 3 pounds, 11 ounces, but is in perfect health,\u00a0Nola.com reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katelynn Strate, 17, is expected to be taken off life support Tuesday after doctors determined she won\u2019t recover from the suspected road rage shooting.Katelynn Strate\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But doctors determined Strate is unlikely to recover, and her family is expected to take her off life support Tuesday.The shooting happened Sunday morning as Strate and her boyfriend were headed to his mom\u2019s house when they encountered a silver Dodge pickup<\/a> driving in the same direction on North Hoover Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomething happened,\u201d Cancienne said, while police explained that the two cars began tailgating and brake-checking one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strate was ecstatic to become a mother to a baby girl, heartbroken friends and family said.Katie Cancienne Liebert\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The driver of the pickup \u2014 54-year-old Barry West \u2014 then allegedly fired a gun and struck Strate, who was in the passenger seat, with the bullet becoming lodged in her skull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strate was rushed to the hospital, and the emergency C-section was performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West was later arrested and told police he thought the other car had shot<\/a> at him first \u2014 but police found no evidence to support that. A gun wasn\u2019t even found in Strate\u2019s car, NOLA.com reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Baby's<\/a>
Strate\u2019s daughter was born by emergency C-section two months early, but healthy.Katie Cancienne Liebert\/Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He has been charged with attempted second-degree murder.\u201cThese kids were just driving on their way to the interstate and drove past the wrong guy,\u201d Cancienne told the outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends recalled Strate as a delightful person who was ecstatic to become a mother \u2014 and was deeply devoted to her family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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