Newborn Delivered After Fatal Shooting Of Pregnant Teen Dies At San Diego Hospital

SAN DIEGO, CA — A newborn baby delivered after her pregnant mother was fatally shot has also died at a San Diego hospital, police said.

The infant died Sunday at Rady Children's Hospital after suffering a severe hypoxic brain injury, according to the San Diego Police Department.

The baby girl was born May 30 after doctors performed an emergency cesarean section on a 17-year-old Arizona girl who had been critically wounded in a shooting. Officers responded around 1:10 a.m. to the 4900 block of Gardena Avenue, where they found the teen, who was about 32 weeks pregnant. She was unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound to her head, police said.

Officers began lifesaving measures before paramedics transported her to a hospital, where doctors performed an emergency c-section. The mother died at the hospital, and the baby remained in critical condition until her death.

Homicide investigators said the victim and several family members were staying at a short-term vacation rental while visiting San Diego from Arizona. Detectives determined the teen's 19-year-old boyfriend, Trevon Williams of Arizona, had traveled to San Diego separately and met her outside the rental, where he shot her before fleeing on foot into a nearby canyon.

Williams was found and arrested around 3 a.m. near 4900 September St. and booked into San Diego County Jail on suspicion of murder. A semiautomatic handgun was recovered when he was taken into custody.

Anyone with information about the case was asked to call the department's Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or San Diego County Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.