Child survives after pregnant mannequin killed in ‘brazen’ D.C. taking pictures

An eight-months-pregnant mannequin was shot and killed whereas sitting in a parked automotive in Southeast Washington, although her child miraculously survived.

Samya Gill, 22, of Fort Washington, Maryland, died at an area hospital after two assault-rifle-wielding gunmen drove up in a white sedan and sprayed at the very least 14 bullets into the automobile simply earlier than noon Thursday.

The gunmen then drove off from the positioning — a McDonald’s within the 300 block of thirty seventh Street Southeast — in the identical automobile.

The youngster’s father, whom authorities didn’t identify, suffered non-life-threatening accidents.

Gill’s child, a woman, was delivered shortly afterward by way of an emergency C-section.

Gill’s mom informed TV station WJLA, the native ABC affiliate, on Friday that her grandchild, named Zailey, was not hit by any of the bullets however stays in important situation.

The girl, whom WJLA didn’t identify, mentioned she’s going to increase the kid. She arrange a GoFundMe that had raised about $10,000 by Sunday night.

“She’s beautiful I went to go see her last night and she’s just gorgeous,” the now grandmother mentioned.

She mentioned that in addition to being a mannequin, Gill had had a web based clothes boutique however had shut it down not too long ago to concentrate on the approaching supply of her youngster.

“I just thing she was in the car — wrong place, wrong time,” she mentioned. “I’m crushed, I’m devastated of course. I’m lost, I’ve been all over the place.”

D.C. Police Assistant Chief Andre Wright appealed for data from witnesses on what he referred to as a “brazen attack.”

“While none of these groups of folks are directly involved, we do believe that you can’t do something as heinous as this and the community not know something,” he mentioned.

Police have footage of the assault.

“This video was of great quality and so I’m confident that when this goes out into the community that we will get calls that will enable us to further this case and inevitably close it,” Assistant Chief Wright mentioned earlier than the weekend.