In March 2019, Brittany Hill was holding her child, Ja-Miley Jones, and speaking to her boyfriend on North Mason Avenue when a silver sedan pulled up. One person got out and began to shoot, striking Hill. She took herself to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., where she later succumbed to her wounds, per ABC 7. She was 24 years old.

The father held the 1-year-old boy hostage in an Indiana apartment for hours as police surrounded the area, authorities said.

A man was fatally shot by police on Tuesday night after he barricaded himself inside a northwest Indiana home with his 1-year-old child. According to Gary police, it all started after officers responded to a report of a hostage situation in the 2200 block of Carolina Street in Gary,