A baby who was delivered prematurely after his mother was fatally shot in a domestic incident has died, the Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed.
Jesus Castrejon was pronounced dead about 7 p.m. Thursday, the medical examiner’s office said.
His mother, Edith Castrejon, 35, was shot in her chest while in bed with her boyfriend in the 5800 block of West Newport Avenue about 4:50 a.m. Jan. 16, according to Chicago police.
She was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and was pronounced dead at 6:24 a.m. the same day, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Before she died, doctors delivered Jesus at 5:48 a.m., but the baby’s condition was critical, with only a “25% chance of survival,” according to a police report obtained by the Sun-Times.
An autopsy report for Edith Castrejon ruled she was killed by a gunshot wound to her chest. The death was classified as a homicide. An autopsy hasn’t yet been performed on her son.
Castrejon’s boyfriend, Robert Pasco, 42, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a convicted felon and possessing a firearm without a valid firearm owner’s identification card.
Pasco told officers that he and Castrejon were in bed when a gun under a pillow went off, striking her in her chest.
“[Man questioned] believes that Castrejon tried to move the handgun and at the same time his hand was near the handgun and the gun went off, striking Castrejon in the chest,” the report said.
A GoFundMe opened for Castrejon said she was a “sister, aunt, sister-in-law, cousin and friend” and had raised more than $5,600 of its $10,000 goal by Friday morning.