Pregnant woman was shot dead while unloading a gift from her own baby shower in Philadelphia

2021-11-22 08:07:04 By : Mr. Leedle Li

On Saturday night, a pregnant woman was shot and killed outside a Philadelphia home while unloading a gift while her baby was taking a shower. The police said they suspected this was a "cowardly" targeted shooting.

The murder of a 32-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant was an all-time high in Philadelphia.

The name of the mother-to-be was not immediately announced. Police officials said she was taken to the Einstein Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The police said the doctor could not save her unborn child.

On Sunday, investigators are working to identify one or more suspects and the motive for the killing.

"The people who do this are so cowardly," Deputy Chief of Police Christine Coulter told ABC Radio WPVI in Philadelphia.

The mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, announced on Sunday morning that the mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, said that the city would offer a reward of $50,000 for information that led to the arrest.

Kurt said the shooting took place around 8:30 p.m. in northeast Philadelphia, when the woman returned home from her baby shower room and unloaded the gift from the Kia soul outside her home. The Kia soul stopped at Near the intersection of Palmetto and Benner Streets near Laucrest.

Authorities said a police officer patrolling two blocks away heard gunshots and found the pregnant woman with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen outside her home.

According to the police, investigators collected at least 11 cartridge cases at the scene.

"When I saw this, it seemed that someone was aiming at her, looking for her," Kurt told WPVI.

According to a grim statistics from the Philadelphia Control Office, at the beginning of the weekend, the Philadelphia police investigated 491 homicides in 2021, an increase of 13% over the same period in 2020. In 2020, the city recorded 499 homicides, which is a bit less than the record set in 1990 in the sixth largest city in the United States.

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According to data from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, at least 397 homicides this year were caused by shootings. This year, 1,582 people in Philadelphia have survived shootings.

Laucrest resident Tom MacDonald said his wife heard gunfire and the pregnant woman was described by him as a "good man in and on the street."

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"This (that) happened at the end of my block...enough," McDonald told WPVI. "It's time for this city to do something. Everyone is tired of it. We are (already) tired of it."

Kurt said the city government and police department are "doing what we can." She added: "We can't stop people who want to shoot."

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