Beaumont man accused of shooting pregnant woman, child

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Elaborating on Thursday's shooting at a West End home, police said a man shot his pregnant girlfriend and their year-old son during an altercation with intruders.

Anthony Madrid, 26, is accused of grabbing an assault-style rifle when two other men entered his residence in the 8700 block of Newfield Lane. His girlfriend and their child were "caught in the crossfire," police said.

"Madrid's conflicting statements about the incident, as well as his lengthy criminal history, led investigators to believe that this incident stemmed from some type of narcotics or other illegal activity," Officer Haley Morrow of the Beaumont Police Department said in a news release.

After the 1:50 p.m. shooting, police said, Madrid reportedly drove the woman and little boy to a nearby hospital, from which the child was airlifted to a Houston facility. Both shooting victims remained hospitalized Friday in stable condition. Their identities have not been released.

The gun used in the shooting was one of four illegal firearms found in the residence. Two of the guns had been reported stolen. Liquid promethazine (a generic form of Phenergan), 1.5 kilos of cocaine, and a large amount of cash also were found in the house, police report.

Neighbors told The Enterprise Thursday afternoon that the Amelia-area neighborhood is normally quiet.

Madrid was arrested late Thursday and transported to a LaSalle Corrections facility.

He was charged with use of a firearm in a drug dealing act and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, according to police. Additional charges are pending.

At the time of the shooting, Madrid was out on bond from a 2018 drug arrest in Harris County.