Pregnant woman fatally shot in Lansdowne, baby in critical condition

A woman is dead and her baby is in critical condition after a shooting Thursday evening at an apartment building in Lansdowne, Delaware County.

Lansdowne Police Chief Ken Rutherford said officers responded to reports of a gunshot victim at a home in the 200 block of North Wycombe Avenue around 7:30 p.m.

They found a woman who was eight months pregnant and suffering from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene but taken to a hospital in an attempt to save her unborn child.

The child was born and remains in critical condition. The person who called 911 was on scene and was detained by police, Rutherford said.

Police did not provide the names of the woman, the person detained or the hospital.

The shooting is being investigated by the Lansdowne Police Department and detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office. Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. Jon McGowan at 610-623-0700 or email [email protected], police said.