By Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News
A dramatic video released by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department shows the moment a pregnant woman was able to safety escape as officers shot an armed suspect holding her hostage.
The woman could be heard saying “I’m pregnant” multiple times as police officers yelled at the suspect holding onto her to drop his gun.
Eventually, the woman was able to create some distance between herself and the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Johnathan Autry, and three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) officers fired at him as they “perceived an imminent deadly threat to the woman,” according to a CMPD statement sent to Fox News.
The incident happened on September 25, 2017, but officials didn’t release the footage until Thursday.
CMPD arrived at the North Carolina house after receiving a 911 call that an armed man had forced his way into the home, police said at the time.
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