A woman who lost her unborn child when she was shot during an argument has been charged with manslaughter in the baby's death.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WTHR) - A woman who lost her unborn child when she was shot during an argument has been charged with manslaughter in the baby's death.

According to AL.com, Marshae Jones was indicted by a grand jury in Birmingham on a manslaughter charge and was taken into custody Wednesday.

Jones was five months pregnant when she was shot in the stomach during a dispute with another woman last year. Her unborn child did not survive the shooting.

While Jones, 27, did not fire the shot that ultimately killed her unborn daughter, authorities said she started the altercation that ended in gunfire. The other woman involved, 23-year-old Ebon Jemison, was initially charged with manslaughter, but the charge was dismissed when a grand jury failed to indict her.

“The investigation showed that the only true victim in this was the unborn baby,’’ Pleasant Grove police Lt. Danny Reid told AL.com at the time of the shooting. “It was the mother of the child who initiated and continued the fight which resulted in the death of her own unborn baby.”

Reid said the fight started over the unborn baby's father and Jemison was forced to defend herself when Jones continued to push the fight.