UPDATE: According to the baby’s mother, the child’s first operation was a success. They will do another surgery to hopefully save her eye.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An infant was severely injured in an overnight shooting in Highland Heights, Memphis Police say.
Officers responded to the shooting in the 900 block of Baltic Street at 12:09 a.m. Sunday. Police say a baby was transported to Methodist North in critical condition.
Her mother, Isis Gomez, told WREG that her baby girl is only seven months old and had to undergo a brain operation after the shooting.
Little Georgina was in bed with her family when suddenly they heard gunshots. Gomez noticed her little girl was bleeding an realized she was shot in the head after a stray bullet made it into the home.
She told us Georgina is a playful baby and she’s just learning how to crawl.
While the family now hopes for the best for Georgina, her father, Geurgen Enamorado, says they want justice and police to find the people who did this to their baby.
He also called for tougher sentencing, saying people who commit crimes need to be held accountable.
Ke’Ericka Thomas, a neighbor in the area, says she is counting her blessings after a stray bullet nearly killed her. She was indoors, sitting on the couch with her kids when the gunshots erupted.
“My kids would’ve literally seen me dead on the couch with them,” she said.
She says she immediately grabbed her kids and hit the ground, but on the way down she felt something hit the back of her head.
“I thought I got shot because I felt the impact and I just hit the ground and I just started rubbing my head. I’m like I got shot. I got shot. Then I kept feeling but I ain’t see no blood,” said Thomas.
She says the couch saved her life. The bullet went through the wall, hit the back of the couch, and hit her in the head. She felt the impact, but the bullet did not go through the couch.
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Thomas was not injured and everyone else in her home remained unharmed.
Memphis Police have not given a motive for the shooting.
There is no suspect information available at this time. This is an ongoing investigation.
If you have information regarding this incident, call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.
