United States, a pregnant woman was killed while unloading gifts from her baby shower. The child died too

32 year old woman, pregnant Seven months, she was murdered in front of her home in Philadelphia, USA United States of AmericaWhile unloading gifts she received during the baby shower, the traditional pregnancy party, from her car. The young woman was killed during a shooting, which the police described as a “cowardly”.

Shot after bathing, the baby died too

The name of the victim was not revealed. Law enforcement said the woman was taken to Einstein Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Doctors were unable to save her child. Investigators are working to identify one or more suspects and determine the cause of the murder.

“The person who did this couldn’t be more cowardly,” Deputy Police Commissioner Kristen Coulter told local news outlets. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenny announced this morning that the city will offer a reward of $50,000 to anyone who can provide information useful to the arrest.

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The shooting took place around 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Northeast Philadelphia, when the woman came home from her baby shower and was unloading gifts from her Kia Soul parked outside near the intersection of Palmetto and Pinner Street in the Laureate neighborhood. . A police officer on patrol two blocks away heard the shots and found the pregnant woman outside the house with a bullet to the head and stomach. According to the police, at least 11 shells were collected. “It looks like someone was targeting her,” the deputy police commissioner said. There have been 491 murders in Philadelphia since the beginning of the year, an increase of 13% over the same time frame in 2020.