Pregnant woman hospitalized after husband allegedly shoots her in back [Video]

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA/Gray News) – A pregnant mother shot in the back is recovering at an Indiana hospital, as her husband faces several charges in connection with the incident.

Vanna Sowles, who is seven months pregnant with her third child, was hospitalized in life-threatening condition after she was shot in the back, near her spine, last Monday. She’s still recovering in the hospital more than a week later, WPTA reports.

“Her injuries are very extensive, fractured vertebrae. The bullet went through her kidney, hit her liver,” said Carrie Whipple, a friend of the victim.

She says that if Vanna Sowles were to speak from the hospital, she would say “that she’s strong, that she’s fighting, that she’s going to do everything she can to overcome this and keep her babies safe.”

Vanna Sowles’ husband, 25-year-old Terry Sowles Jr., is facing several charges in connection with the shooting. Fort Wayne Police responded …