Baby delivered after her mother was shot in the head in Syracuse; mom may not make it

Shooting on Dickerson Street

Syracuse police responded to a report of a woman shot in the head near the Rescue Mission on Friday morning, Dec. 15, 2023.Marnie Eisenstadt

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Syracuse, N.Y. — The baby of a pregnant woman shot in the head near the Syracuse Rescue Mission on Friday has been delivered and is in stable condition, a prosecutor said Monday.

Prosecutors said the woman is not expected to survive. In a criminal complaint filed in court, police wrote that doctors at Upstate University Hospital called the injury “non-survivable.

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