A pregnant teen who was shot by a driver during a road rage incident in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, has died, authorities confirmed.
According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office, the 17-year-old victim was identified as Katelynn Strate, who was shot in the head during the encounter on Aug. 25.
Police said she was riding in a Ford Expedition with two other people when they encountered a man, 54-year-old Barry West, inside a silver Dodge Truck traveling in the same direction.
The cars were "tailgating and brake-checking each other" when West fired "one round into the Expedition traveling in front of him, where the victim was seated in the front passenger seat," the sheriff's office alleged.
Katelynn Strate: A pregnant teen was shot in the head during a road rage incident. Her baby survived.
