Adrianna Mayes killed by errant bullet while holding baby daughter outside her home in Roseland

Adrianna Mayes, a young mother who was holding her infant child, was was killed when she was caught in the crossfire as a group of men exchanged gunfire Monday afternoon near her home in the Roseland neighborhood. The baby was not injured.

Mayes and a 22-year-old man were struck when two groups of males exchanged gunfire about 2 p.m. at 106th and State, according to Chicago Police.

She was standing outside talking to a neighbor who was sitting in a car when she was shot in her left side. She was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead at 2:56 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Mayes, a graduate of Whitney Young Magnet School who was studying business administration at Olive Harvey College, was not believed to be the intended target of the shooting.

The man who was shot took himself to Roseland Community Hospital with a wound to the left hand, and was listed in good condition.

Mayes’ 14-month-old daughter was not injured.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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