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Pregnant woman and fetus killed in Armour Boulevard shooting

11/20/2009 11:01 PM

The 25-year-old woman, nearly 9 months pregnant and shot in the head, had no chance. But an ambulance crew rushed her lifeless body to the hospital Friday evening, hoping to save the unborn child.

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