Woman shot to death while holding baby — but child wasn’t hurt

A mother who was shot to death while holding her baby is being called a hero after she protected the child from being hurt.

Brittany Hill, 24, was talking with two acquaintances outside a car in the 1200 block of North Mason Avenue while holding her one-year-old daughter, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Two males drove up in a silver Chevy Impala, got out of the car and shot Hill in the upper body about 8:50 a.m., authorities said.

During the incident, Hill tried to hide behind other parked vehicles while shielding the baby, authorities said.

Someone who drove by took her to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where she was pronounced dead at 9:25 a.m. Hill lived in the block where she was shot.

The baby wasn’t injured and is with other family members, police said.

Hill was a childhood friend of activist and former mayoral candidate Ja’Mal Green, who called Hill a “hero” for saving her child.

“When she saw the shooter she shielded her 1-year-old and saved her life and fell on top of her,” Green wrote. “She loved her kids, now you’re their hero from heaven!”

Police are investigating the shooting as a possibly targeted attack of the people that were standing next to her. Police said they have found the silver Chevy Impala connected to the shooting.

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