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A 25-year-old Florida rapper, Billy Bennett Adams III, also known as Ace NH, was arrested and charged with gunning down his pregnant girlfriend. This took place just eight days after he was acquitted of double murder, authorities said Wednesday.

 A Tampa jury had acquitted him of killing two men in a gang-related shooting. He walked free from a Tampa courtroom on January 27. 

 Fox 13 reported that Adams is charged with first-degree murder and killing of an unborn child in the fatal shooting of Alana Sims,22, and his unborn child.

Tampa Police Major Michael Stout said the victim, thought she was going to a party for Adams to celebrate his being found not guilty in the double homicide.

The young mother was pregnant with her second child and was shot to death in a residential area of New Tampa. When she was found her toddler was still in her car nearby.  And Stout claims the motive appears to be that Adams was not ready to be a father.

Adams is said to be claiming he killed the woman in self-defense.

Tampa Interim Police Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement the crime allegedly committed by Adams is “unthinkable.”

“I hope this arrest brings some closure to the victim’s family who is mourning the loss of two loved ones,” he said. “We are working with the State Attorney’s Office to ensure the suspect is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

State Attorney Susan Lopez said Adams's actions were “unimaginable” in both cases.  

Acquitted in double murder

Adams was acquitted of shooting two men to death in Lutz in a makeshift recording studio.

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Adams arrived at the studio, recorded his music, and then shot both victims before leaving the scene.

Authorities said the three men knew each other. And all identified on social media as members of the Crips gang.

“While we respect the verdict of the jury in the prior case, we disagreed with it and that is why we prosecuted him,” Lopez said in a statement. “We will continue to work with (Tampa police) to prosecute him for these latest crimes.” 

Stout said Adams has allegedly admitted to pulling the trigger in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend. And he is not showing much remorse.

 “I didn’t find him remorseful in watching my detectives do the interview, no,” Stout said, according to Fox 13. 

The suspect was raised in Georgia. And has performed in local venues around Tampa. His most recent album, some of it recorded in the studio wher the double murders took place is entitled “Life Goes On.”