Black Boyfriend Found Guilty of Shooting and Killing Pregnant White Girlfriend

NBC Philadelphia
August 21, 2015

Tiffany Gillespie was shot to death by her Black boyfriend after refusing to get an abortion.
Tiffany Gillespie was shot to death by her Black boyfriend after refusing to get an abortion.

A man has been convicted of first- and third-degree murder in the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend in the basement of her south Philadelphia home more than three years ago.

Jurors returned the verdict Friday on their fourth day of deliberations in the case against 22-year-old Aaron Fitzpatrick.

Aaron Fitzpatrick has been found guilty of murdering her and the unborn infant.
Aaron Fitzpatrick has been found guilty of murdering her and the unborn infant.

Fitzpatrick was convicted of first-degree murder in the February 2012 slaying of 24-year-old Tiffany Gillespie and third-degree murder in the death of her unborn child.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the defendant frowned and shook his head from side to side after hearing the verdict, but declined to speak.