Woman eight months pregnant shot dead the day before her baby shower

Jennifer Hernandez was shot and killed whereas inside a automobile at an intersection in Houston, Texas (Image: Fb)

An eight-months pregnant lady was shot and killed the day earlier than her child bathe whereas sitting in a automobile subsequent to her boyfriend.

Jennifer Hernandez, 20, and her boyfriend have been leaving a fuel station at Airtex Drive and Ella Boulevard in Houston, Texas, and have been stopped at an intersection when a white car pulled up behind them, stated the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace.

A suspect contained in the white sedan with tinted home windows and a paper license plate fired a number of photographs on the couple on Friday night.

Hernandez and her unborn little one, a boy, have been each pronounced lifeless at a close-by hospital, in response to KTRK. She was one month away from giving beginning and her child bathe was scheduled for the following day.

Jennifer Hernandez was one month away from giving beginning, in response to her household (Image: Fb)

‘We're completely devastated by Jennifer’s passing,’ a GoFundMe web page for Hernandez states. ‘Nana was an exquisite daughter, an exquisite sister, and would have been an exquisite mom.’

Her boyfriend, 17, was shot twice however survived.

Sergeant Ben Beall of the sheriff’s workplace stated street rage might have been an element within the taking pictures, however that Hernandez’s boyfriend stated they didn't have prior contact with the suspect.

‘In keeping with the motive force, he stated there was no interplay earlier than that. They did cease on the fuel station (however) he stated he has no thought the place the car got here from,’ stated Beall. ‘It simply got here out of nowhere began taking pictures at him.’

The white sedan was final seen going eastbound on Airtex Drive towards Interstate 42, in response to the sheriff’s workplace.

Anybody with info on the homicide is requested to contact the sheriff division’s murder unit or Crime Stoppers.

The fundraiser with a $20,000 aim for Hernandez’s funeral had obtained greater than $3,900 as of Monday night.

Members of the family instructed KTRK that Hernandez’s unborn little one would have been their first grandchild and nephew. Hernandez apparently deliberate to open a nail enterprise and was enthusiastic about her future.

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