A newborn baby was delivered by C-section after his mother was tragically killed in a drive-by shooting.
Megan Doto, 26, was an innocent bystander when she was shot in the face in Philadelphia yesterday.
But medics managed to save her unborn child, and the infant is currently fighting for his life after being delivered by emergency C-section.
Doto, who had two other children, was watching a neighbour's daughter when the shooting happened on Sunday morning...MORE...
As she sat with an unidentified man outside a home in the Frankford section of the city just before midday, a gunman driving the wrong way down the street opened fire.
Police believe the killer was aiming for a man nearby, but the bullets missed their target and hit the young mum through her right cheek.
Police Captain Stephen Murianka told philly.com: "It's a horrific circumstance. She was not the intended target; she was just unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Emergency services took Ms Doto to hospital, where her newborn baby was delivered.
The baby boy, who she wanted to name Carmine Joseph, was not due until October and remains in a critical condition.
Police have not identified a suspect, but said they were looking for a white car seen leaving the scene of the shooting.
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