Pregnant New York Woman Shot And Killed While Trying To Break Up Fight After Her Baby Shower

A pregnant woman in New York was fatally shot in the head after her baby shower while trying to break up a fight between her ex-boyfriend and the father of her unborn child, police said.

31-year-old Shanice Young was killed outside her Harlem apartment around 1:15 a.m. on Sunday moments after leaving the shower at a catering hall near her home, the New York Daily News reported.

“She was going to have her baby in five days,” her father, Thurman Young, said.

“She said, ‘This baby is coming in five days, Daddy. Get ready.’ I said, ‘I’ll be ready.’ That’s the last thing she said to me.”

Police said Young was carrying gifts from her shower into her apartment when her ex showed up and confronted her current beau.

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As the men began feuding, Young intervened and tried to make peace between them. One of the men pulled out a gun and fired a shot that hit Young in the head. Police are still trying to determine who pulled the trigger.

EMS rushed the 31-year-old mother to Harlem Hospital, where she and her unborn child died. Young leaves behind two other children and her two younger siblings, who had been in her care, ABC New York reported.

No arrests have been made as police continue to investigate.