'UNCONSCIONABLE': Lawrence Grant, the pregnant victim and another person were allegedly involved in an altercation at a grocery store. After the victim left the store, prosecutors say Grant followed her in his car and shot her in the back while driving in Willowbrook.
Lawrence Grant, 38, is charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder, one count of attempted intentional homicide of an unborn child, one count of aggravated battery with a firearm and one count of aggravated battery to a pregnant woman.
At about 7 p.m. on Jan. 28, Willowbrook police officers responded to the scene of a crashed vehicle on Route 83.She was transported to the hospital, where the baby was delivered while she was in surgery.Prior to the crash, prosecutors say Grant, the victim and another person were involved in a verbal altercation that eventually turned physical in a nearby grocery store.
The vehicle that Grand was allegedly traveling in was found on fire about a block from the University of Chicago Hospital."The allegations that, following a physical altercation with the victim’s boyfriend, Mr. Grant decided to follow the victim, who was thirty-six-weeks pregnant, and open fire on a major roadway are unconscionable," said DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin. "Thankfully, no innocent motorists were injured and, while still hospitalized, Mr.
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