Adams was never beaten, but on the night of Nov. 16, she was shot four times as she drove her BMW in south Charlotte. Doctors delivered Carruth's child, Chancellor Lee Adams, by emergency Cesarean section after the shooting.
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against the four.
After buying the gun, Kennedy, Abraham and Watkins waited in a gas station parking lot near where Carruth and Adams were watching a movie, the sources said the men told police. The Observer said Kennedy told police that as Carruth and Adams left the theater, Carruth called him. Kennedy, Watkins and Abraham were supposed to follow Adams' BMW in their car, while Carruth drove a Ford Expedition in front of Adams, the Observer quoted its sources as saying. The co-defendants told police that Kennedy drove, while Abraham was in the passenger seat and Watkins in the back seat, according to the sources. When Carruth stopped the Expedition, Adams was forced to stop, too, and the men pulled alongside the BMW, stopped and opened fire, the newspaper reported.