Baby Dies Five Months After Mother Fatally Shot In South Chicago

CHICAGO --A baby who was saved after her mother was fatally shot five months ago in the South Chicago neighborhood has died.

A'Miracle Jones died at 7:55 p.m. Thursday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. She was 5 months old.

An autopsy Friday found the baby died of complications of prematurity and maternal death due to a gunshot wound, and her death was ruled a homicide.

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Sept. 19, 2016, Parasha M. Beard and a 26-year-old man were sitting in a car parked in the 8700 block of South Marquette when another vehicle pulled alongside and a gunman with dreadlocks opened fire, authorities said at the time.

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Beard, 19, was shot in the neck, authorities said. The man was shot in the neck and chest.

Officials said Beard was 8 months pregnant when she died, though family members said she was only 6 months along.

They were taken to Northwestern Memorial, where Beard was pronounced dead at 6:52 p.m., authorities said. The baby was saved by doctors, though she weighed only 2 pounds at birth.

The wounded man, a documented gang member, was initially listed in critical condition.

No one has been charged with shootings.

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