A 21-year-old pregnant woman was shot multiple times as she slept in her Millennium Gardens home yesterday morning, police reported.
Police said the woman was in her bedroom around 2:30 a.m. when shots were fired into the room from the outside of the house.
When police arrived on the scene, she was still lying on the bed.
Family members identified the victim as Althiea King.
Police said she was transported to hospital where she was detained in critical but stable condition last night.
Superintendent Stephen Dean did not have details on the status of King's unborn child. However, he said, based on reports, both mother and child will likely survive.
King is reportedly in her third trimester.
Police said it is unclear whether the woman was the intended target.
Police said they did not know the motive for the shooting.
Dean appealed to anyone with information to contact authorities.
The news of the shooting sparked anger yesterday on social media sites.
Scores of Bahamians expressed shock that a pregnant woman was shot.
In 2011 two pregnant women -- Erica Ward and Baresha Glinton-Lewis, both 30 -- were murdered in separate incidents.
Glinton-Lewis was shot to death off Prince Charles Drive. She was reportedly five months pregnant.
Ward was shot to death at a home in the Carmichael Road area. She was eight months pregnant.
King's shooting came during another violent weekend in New Providence.
Police also reported that two men were shot and killed, pushing the murder count for 2014 to 39.

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