Moments before she was slain last week on Chicago's Southwest Side, 17-year-old Charinez Jefferson begged the gunman not to shoot because she was pregnant. Timothy Jones, 18, opened fire on Jefferson anyway, yelling an expletive at her as he shot her in the head. He then stood over her as she lay on the ground and fired several more times, striking her in the chest and back.
Jefferson was pronounced dead a short time later, but doctors were able to successfully deliver her baby boy, who remained in critical condition today.
Jones had seen Jefferson walking with a rival gang member in the 3000 block of West 64th Street and approached them in a car. He got out of the vehicle and fired at least one shot at the rival, who ran off, leaving Jefferson to fend for herself. After begging Jones for mercy, Jefferson was shot at "point-blank range.
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