Mother Killed With 5-Day-Old Child Nearby, Arrest Made: Reports

PHILADELPHIA – A man accused of killing a young Philadelphia mother while her newborn child was nearby has been arrested, according to reports.

Isis Williams, 24, was shot and killed early Friday morning in a home on the 6300 block of North Woodstock Street in the East Germantown neighborhood, CBS Philadelphia reports.

Police identified the suspect as Tyrese Lynch, the 32-year-old father of Williams' newborn daughter.

Action News reports Lynch turned himself in to police Monday.

According to the outlet, Lynch shot Williams in the head with the five-day-old daughter just a few feet away. The baby was not harmed.

Williams' family members launched a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expense.

"Please we are asking anybody to help us lay her to rest she didn’t deserve this and should get a proper burial," the website reads. "Any amount of money will help assure her a proper burial and help take care of her babies as much as possible."

Family members say in the GoFundMe page that Lynch was abusive toward Williams.

So far, the campaign has raised more than $2,600 in two days' time.

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