PHOTOS: Premature Baby Delivered Alive After Mum Was Killed In Drive-by Shooting

Doctors have delivered a premature baby after a mum was killed in a drive-by shooting while six months pregnant.

Parashay Beard, 19, was sat in a car with her boyfriend when it was sprayed with bullets on Sunday night.

The teenager was rushed to hospital but tragically died as a result of a gunshot wound to her neck.

Medics were able to deliver her baby daughter who remains in a critical condition.

Miss Beard's 26-year-old boyfriend was shot in the neck and chest and he is also critically ill.

Police have said they believe the shooting in Chicago, Illinois, was gang-related, NBC reports.

Miss Beard's family have named her daughter, who was due in December, 'Miracle'. Parashay was also mother to a four-year-old girl.