ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An Albuquerque man is facing charges after police say he beat and shot his pregnant wife who was forced to undergo an emergency C-section.
KOAT-TV in Albuquerque reports (https://goo.gl/cyhzCw) that Anthony Rael was recently arrested for aggravated battery following the bizarre attack.
The wife told police Rael got angry when she wouldn’t help him deliver flowers for work because she was having contractions. She also said Rael was upset dinner wasn’t ready.
Investigators say Rael beat her with a metal strap and shot her with a BB gun five or six times in her stomach, legs and feet, and then hit her in the face with the weapon.
Officials say the baby survived.
Rael was ordered held on $25,000 cash or surety bond. It was not known if he had an attorney.
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Information from: KOAT-TV, https://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/index.html
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