Vancouver police have made an arrest in a double shooting on the city’s east side that caused a woman to lose her unborn child.
Police say Carleton Stevens, 37-year-old Surrey man, was arrested just before 8 p.m. Sunday near 154A Avenue and Fraser Highway.
WATCH: Vancouver woman loses unborn child in double shooting
He faces one charge of attempted murder and one charge of possession of ammunition or a firearm against a prohibition order, and is in police custody.
The shooting took place around 6 a.m. Friday near the back of a print shop on Industrial Avenue in Vancouver.
Police called to the scene found a 31-year-old woman in critical condition and a 23-year-old man with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The woman remains in serious but stable condition, while the man is recovering, according to police.
However, the woman — who was in her third trimester of pregnancy — lost her child.
WATCH: Pregnant woman’s unborn child dies in targeted Vancouver double shooting
Witnesses said the gunman was the woman’s ex, and that she had reportedly moved to Vancouver to leave an unsafe situation.
A witness who gave her name as Dollie told Global News she saw the victim with a hole through her belly.
Vancouver police say the investigation remains ongoing, and that more criminal charges could be coming.
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