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Pregnant woman beaten at baby shower
Police: Fight escalated over whether woman gave 5-year-old beer

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) -- An argument at a baby shower escalated into a brawl in which one man was shot and the pregnant guest of honor was beaten with a stick, police said.

Three people were arrested after the fight, described by police as a "baby shower gone bad."

Authorities said the shooting victim, Aristotle Garcia, got into a fight with a man who is dating his ex-girlfriend. The argument, over whether the woman let their 5-year-old daughter drink beer, escalated and drew in two other people -- Jazz Rivas and Juan Velazquez, said Police Lt. Cheryl C. Claprood.

When the baby shower's hostess tried to intervene, Rivas began hitting some of the guests, including the 22-year-old mother-to-be, with a large stick, she said.

Velazquez fired a gun in the air, then fired it into the crowd, hitting Garcia in the stomach, according to police. Garcia, 26, was in stable condition at Baystate Medical Center. The mother-to-be, who was seven months pregnant, was treated after the incident Saturday and released.

Velazquez, 19, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and armed assault with intent to murder. He pleaded not guilty Wednesday and was ordered held on $100,000 bail.

The man Garcia was initially fighting with, Antonio Santiago, 25, pleaded not guilty to similar charges Tuesday and was ordered held on $50,000 bail.

Rivas, 22, pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery on a pregnant female. His bail was set at $10,000.

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I heard about this yesterday and was just shocked at it all.

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Wow! Remind me not to have beer and hand guns at my shower.

This is Texas though...might be required by law...

You said that we didn't, hey but I live in the South and we have some rednecks around here that would fit too.

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Lisa - During the hurricane last year I passed a sign while I was evacuating (sp?) that said "This is Texas, you loot, we shoot!"

I LOLed for a while at that one.

That was cute !

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Meredith that is so funny! "You loot, we shoot!" ROFLMAO

Some people are so dumb - so what if the kid drank some beer. It won't hurt him, but beating people with a stick and firing a gun into a crowded room sure could hurt someone. Some people...

this happened literally ten minutes from my house...over the river, in the city where the hospital i will choose, and where i have just started working, is.........
the shuttle driver was talking about it this am...he said that the guy with the gun shot up in the air to break up the situation, but the gun accidentally discharged as he brought it back down, ie: john wayne gone bad!....
that city has had a lot of trouble w/ violence/guns in the past year, seeming mostly drug/gang related....this episode seems more like serious idiots....

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have a happy day :0) Theresa

I have never understood the whole "firing a gun into the air" thing. Don't these people realize that what goes up, comes down? (Well, unless they hit a bird, or something) Or maybe to get everyone's attention, do like they do in elementary schools - turn off the lights! Then what's really irritating is that those stupid people are breeding more stupid people - so the problem will just get worse. Oh, and what kind of an idiot would bring a gun to a baby shower anyway?? Sorry Canter that it happened so close to where you live and work. I hope it was an isolated incident and not a common occurance.

prime example of why guys should not go to baby showers...

Sounds like an excuse my dh would use for sure!!!

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That's funny!!!

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lol