22-year-old model gives birth after being shot before tragically dying
Rachel Lang
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A 22-year-old pregnant woman has been shot dead in a brazen daylight attack in the US.
Samya Gill was eight months pregnant when shooters armed with rifles and at least one machine gun opened fire on the car she was in Washington DC at around 11:20am on June 15.
Also in the car was the father of her unborn child, Travis Foster, as per ABC7.
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The shooters showered the light blue Nissan Altima with bullets while the duo was inside.
As per a police report reviewed by PEOPLE, the attack was planned and occurred in a school zone.
Crime scene photos show a dozen bullet holes piercing the windshield, with another two gunshots going through the driver’s side window.
Gill, who was a model and entrepreneurial businesswoman, died just after 3pm, but not before doctors were able to perform an emergency C-section to deliver her child.
The baby survived but is in a critical condition, the New York Post reports.
Police confirmed the 'adult male' involved - Travis Foster - is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Authorities have since released images from nearby surveillance cameras that show the armed suspects as they run toward the car containing Gill and Foster.
The alleged gunmen’s white four-door sedan also is pictured in the images released by police.
The men can be seen wearing dark pants and long sleeves, with one in a white hoodie and the other with a grey head covering.
Gloves can be seen on their hands as they extended their arms out to open fire on the vehicle containing the pregnant woman and her companion.
The two shooters could be seen dashing back to their white car to escape, with the backseat passenger door flinging open for a quick getaway.
A third suspect was not pictured in the release.
As per, PEOPLE, police recovered a Glock .45 from the crime scene.
Gill’s mother told ABC7 she now plans to raise her surviving grandchild
"She’s beautiful," the grandmother told ABC7 on the condition of anonymity. "I went to go see her last night, and she’s just gorgeous."
She revealed the baby was doing 'a little bit better' one day after her premature birth.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for the baby.
The fundraiser page says she was not struck by a bullet in the brazen daylight attack.
The young mother's death was one of four killings in the American capital last week, The Washington Post reported.
Gill's mother added to ABC7: "I just really hope they catch whoever did that to my daughter."
The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a USD$25,000 (AUD$36,500, £19,500) reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the fatal shooting of Samya Gill.