His girlfriend was in labor at Odessa Regional Medical Center when he attacked newborns,...
at an Odessa hospital, choked two infants and fought with medical staff and law enforcement who tried to intervene, according to the police department there.
Police said that he approached a new mother who was holding her newborn in a baby carrier while waiting to be discharged. He reportedly stared at the baby but walked away after the mother moved her child out of his line of sight. A short time later, nurses said he sprinted toward them, screaming, and pushed them as he tried to gain entry to the nearby nursery.
Shortly afterward, McCowan was somehow able to gain entry into the nursery. A respiratory therapist reportedly saw McCowan enter the nursery, where he took another newborn and started choking her, the affidavit said. The child’s skin turned blue. He allegedly also shook her.