Police in Virginia are searching for a group seen in a disturbing video attacking a pregnant woman experiencing contractions at the mall, officials said.
Rosalinda Cunningham, who is nine months pregnant, said she was attempting to leave a Spotsylvania shopping center on Thanksgiving with her boyfriend to head to the hospital when a group of what appeared to be teens surrounded their vehicle, news station WTVR reported.
The group then allegedly demanded Cunningham’s boyfriend, Vincent Pace, get out of his car in the Guitar Center parking lot.
“They literally just stood in front of the car, started banging on the car [and] kicking the car telling him to get out of the vehicle,” Cunningham told the news station.
After opening Cunningham’s unlocked door, the crowd reportedly dragged her from the vehicle as an assailant hit her in the back.
“My heart dropped because I thought it was her stomach,” Pace said. “My heart dropped. And I lost it.”
The group continued to brawl with the couple, knocking Pace down every time he tried to rush to his girlfriend’s aid, according to WTVR.
Eventually, the couple was able to escape the violent mob and drove to a nearby hospital, where physicians spent more than two hours trying to find the unborn child’s heartbeat.
The pair said they were relieved when the ultrasound results determined their child was OK.
“This was not only one life at risk but three,” Cunningham said.
Authorities said they are investigating the Nov. 22 assault and ask anyone with information to contact Spotsylvania Crime Solvers at 1-800-928-5822.
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