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A pregnant woman and her unborn child were fatally shot as she returned home from her baby shower in Northeast Philly

Police believe the slaying of the 32-year-old, who was seven months pregnant, was a targeted hit. The city is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Philadelphia Crime Scene Unit investigators examine a car at the scene of a fatal shooting of a pregnant woman on the 6100 block of Palmetto Street in the Crescentville section of Philadelphia on Saturday. The child the woman was carrying also died, police said.
Philadelphia Crime Scene Unit investigators examine a car at the scene of a fatal shooting of a pregnant woman on the 6100 block of Palmetto Street in the Crescentville section of Philadelphia on Saturday. The child the woman was carrying also died, police said.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer