Alabama Mother Shot And Killed With Newborn Baby In Her Arms

Alabama police are currently looking for the man who fired a gun that shot and killed Sherri Williams while she was holding her newborn baby.

Williams, 24, was standing in the doorway of her apartment in her home located at the Gate City housing complex on Monday afternoon when the shot was fired around 1 p.m. The bullet was intended for somebody else, but it hit her in the chest, according to Birmingham police. Her 10-day-old son was in her arms, but was not injured.

After being hit in the chest, the mother of three fell onto a couch with her newborn child was still in her arms, her uncle Kerry Jackson said. She was pronounced dead when authorities arrived at the scene.

Birmingham Police Department spokesman Sgt. Johnny Williams Jr. said that a man had been chasing another man down the street and shooting at him after the two got into a fight at a nearby restaurant.

Her 6-year-old daughter was at school during the incident, but her 4-year-old son and her mother were in the home.

Williams' uncle described her as quiet, and said that she didn't want to live in Gate City anymore.

"For a long time she was trying to get out of here," he said.

Birmingham police have not made any arrests in the shooting, but they are searching for a black man in a white tank top and a black woman in a yellow shirt who is missing some braids. The two were last seen in a black Chrysler Sebring.