Baby dies five months after mother fatally shot in South Chicago

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.

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.

Beard, 19, was shot in the neck, authorities said. The man was shot in the neck and chest. The man, a documented gang member, was in critical condition.

They were taken to Northwestern, where Beard was pronounced dead,authorities said. The baby was delivered and saved by doctors, though she weighed only 2 pounds at birth.

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