A Philadelphia man was arrested in connection with the shooting death of a new mother five days after she gave birth, according to reports.
The 5-day-old newborn was in the same room at the time of the incident, and the girl was unharmed, the report said.
Officials said there was no forced entry, but there appeared to be a struggle prior to the shooting. Furniture was overturned when police arrived.
“It’s terrible. It’s still a 5-day-old baby that now has no mother or father. It’s terrible all around,” said Philadelphia Police Capt. John Ryan, CBS Philadelphia reported.
“I don’t even know where to start, but for a while now my cousin was in an abusive relationship with her baby father. She tried leaving him multiples times as she slept in her car or at a family member house from time to time,” the family member, who identified themselves as a cousin, wrote on the page.
The family member offered more alleged details of the incident.
“She had recently went back to him while giving birth to her 3rd daughter on December 9th 2018. She had been discharged from the hospital 2 days later. She could only spend 5 days with her daughter before she was brutally killed by her baby father,” the GoFundMe said.
“If you hear it, hear the screaming, hear the crying, hear the arguing, say something,” said Christine Yarbough, a neighbor, 6ABC reported. “Call police, bang on the door, do something so we’re not standing here holding balloons and candles for another person.”
Williams aunt, meanwhile, said she was on the phone with her mother when the gunshots were fired. “Her mother heard the shots,” said Aspara Agyeman, the aunt.
“Even though I may be the one that ends up raising her, she’s gonna know that Isis is her mother and that she was loved,” the aunt said.
“She was funny. Her laugh made everyone laugh,” said cousin Amara Thornton, 6ABC reported. “Positive about everything.”
Other details are not clear.
The shooting took place in the Germantown area of Philadelphia.
