Pregnant Woman Gives Birth After Being Shot In Stomach

Story out of Chicago, Illinois:

A pregnant woman and her boyfriend were shot Monday afternoon while on the porch of a home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, relatives said.

Doctors at Stroger Hospital later operated on Crystal Myers, relatives said, and delivered the nearly full-term baby boy, but no details were available about his condition.

Her boyfriend, Albert Moore, 24, was shot in the neck and was in critical condition, police said.

Myers, 23, had been due Sept. 30, relatives said. She had been shot in the stomach and was listed in serious condition at Stroger, where family and friends were awaiting updates outside the hospital on the couple late Monday.

The pair were on the porch of Moore’s grandparent’s home in the where they lived, when a gunman sneaked up the gangway, fired about nine shots, and fled, said a female friend who hit the deck when shots rang out and didn’t want to be identified. Cont.

Story from - Chicago Sun Times