The father of a pregnant teenager’s unborn baby was booked Tuesday (May 13) on charges oftrying to kill her and the fetus, according to a New Orleans Police Department arrest warrant.

Police say Raheem Wright, 20, set up his 16-year-old girlfriend by taking her for a walk near the Algiers levee while his friend, Shalik Allen, 17, stood atop the levee and shot her in the neck, chest and back.

Wright, along with Allen and a third man, brought the woman to the 11000 block of Patterson Drive at 11 p.m. Sunday under the guise of showing her some horses he “claimed to have,” according to the warrant written by Detective Robert King Jr.

The pair got out of the car and started to walk toward a barn or house, where the horses were supposedly located. At that point, however, the front passenger of the car, identified as Allen, stood atop the levee and fired shots at the woman, striking her several times, police said.

The suspects then fled the area, leaving the victim “for dead,” the detective wrote.

Meanwhile, the victim managed to run to the barn or house, where a resident called 911 for her, police said. She was unable to speak and taken to a hospital in critical condition. Both she and the unborn baby are now in stable condition, police said.

Commander Shaun Ferguson of the NOPD’s 4th District, which covers Algiers, told WDSU-TV that police were able to solve the case quickly because the victim was able to give police a “thumbs up” when they asked if her boyfriend was involved.

“Usually when we have a female victim one of the first things we try to determine is if it’s domestic related,” Ferguson told the station.

The victim confirmed the identities of both Allen and Wright, police said. All three are from Gretna, records show.

Both were booked late Tuesday on counts of attempted second-degree murder and attempted first-degree feticide. Each is being held in Orleans Parish Prison in lieu of $500,000 bond, records show.