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Pennsylvania woman, 28, shot seven-month-old baby on the street because she was upset over a ‘$100 narcotics debt,’ owed by the fleeing father

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Dominique Billips&comma; allegedly shot a seven-month-old baby in the leg on a Philadelphia street&comma; forcing the parents&comma; both juveniles to abandon their child and flee <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Billips&comma; 28&comma; was arrested Friday for the July 18 shooting which happened because she was upset over a &&num;8216&semi;&dollar;100 narcotics debt&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Identified via tips police arrested the suspect and charged her with three counts of aggravated assault&comma; reckless endangerment of a person and other offenses <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Both parents fled the scene after the shooting and a neighbor brought the baby to the hospital for treatment <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1a0404&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The baby&&num;8217&semi;s father was later detained by police<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Dominique-Billips-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-465313" style&equals;"width&colon;842px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>A woman&comma; since identified as Dominique Billips&comma; was caught on surveillance footage shooting a mother and the baby in a stroller on a street in Philadelphia on July 18<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Philadelphia woman shot a seven-month-old baby in the leg last week for reasons police described as &&num;8216&semi;mind-boggling&period;&&num;8217&semi;  Surveillance footage shows the woman firing multiple shots at the parents and their baby&comma; who was inside a stroller&period; The two parents flee as the armed woman walks away&period;<br>Dominique Billips was arrested Friday for the July 18 shooting&period; <br>Billips&comma; 28&comma; has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault&comma; reckless endangerment of a person and other offenses&comma; Lt&period; Dennis Rosenbaum said at a news conference&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'349' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;AvOcyNnN&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;useAverageColor&equals;1&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption><strong>Woman is caught on surveillance camera shooting at parents and their infant on a street in Philadelphia<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>The suspect police said&comma; apparently was upset over a &&num;8216&semi;&dollar;100 narcotics debt&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and may have intended to shoot the baby&&num;8217&semi;s father&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Sometimes the things we see are mind-boggling&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Lt&period; Rosenbaum said at the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usatoday&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;nation&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;22&sol;philadelphia-shooting-baby-suspect-arrested&sol;74498922007&sol;&quest;tbref&equals;hp" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">news conference<&sol;a>&period;<br>People get so angry&comma; they always resort to nonsense&period; I just don&&num;8217&semi;t understand it&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Fortunately&comma; the child is in stable condition and has since been released from the hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Dominique-Billips-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-465314" style&equals;"width&colon;842px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dominique Billips&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 28&comma; was arrested Friday for the July 18&comma; shooting and was formally charged with three counts of aggravated assault&comma; reckless endangerment of a person and other offenses&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Billips was identified as the shooter by witnesses after police released surveillance footage from the scene of the shooting at around 5&period;52pm last Thursday in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia&period;<br>The footage shows a woman slowly walking up to the couple on the side before raising her gun just feet away from the mother&period; <br>The child&&num;8217&semi;s father takes off sprinting after the first shot was fired&period; She fires a second shot toward the father&comma; before turning toward the mother and firing one more&comma; then leaving&period; <br>She then shouted&comma; &&num;8216&semi;F&ast;&ast;k your baby&comma; b&ast;&ast;ch&comma;&&num;8217&semi; after the mother cried out in agony&comma; &&num;8216&semi;my baby&comma;&&num;8217&semi; CCTV footage shows&period; <br>When police arrived at the scene&comma; they found evidence of gunfire&comma; but no victims&period;<br>They later learned that a baby in a stroller had been shot in the right leg&comma; and was brought to a local hospital in a private vehicle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Dominique-Billips-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-465315" style&equals;"width&colon;842px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Billips allegedly&comma; mouthing &&num;8216&semi;F&ast;&ast;k your baby&comma; b&ast;&ast;ch&comma;&&num;8217&semi; at the mother&comma; is seen shooting a seven-month-old baby in the leg because she was upset over a &&num;8216&semi;&dollar;100 narcotics debt&&num;8217&semi;&comma; police said<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said the baby was with his parents when a woman approached them and opened fire&period; <br>With the aid of tips and witness interviews&comma; detectives identified Billips&comma; then tailed the alleged shooter on Friday&period; Detectives then approached Billips before she could get into a vehicle also caught on surveillance footage&period;<br>Executing search warrants against both of Billips&&num;8217&semi; addresses&comma; officers found one extended magazine&comma; 11 live rounds and other ammo&comma; and she was subsequently arrested by police&period;<br>Police believe Billips was actually targeting the baby&&num;8217&semi;s father&period; Lt&period; Rosenbaum revealed the shooter got into an argument with the child&&num;8217&semi;s parents shortly before the shooting&period;<br>The mother then left with the child&comma; and the father was on his way to join them &&num;8211&semi; but he did not know the shooter was following him&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;You see in that video&comma; she really points the gun at the mother of the baby&comma; who&&num;8217&semi;s also a juvenile and fires&period; Luckily&comma; she misses&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Rosenbaum said&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;A seven-month-old baby isn&&num;8217&semi;t going to remember that&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s always going to be out there&period; That story&&num;8217&semi;s always going to be out there&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Father-of-infant-shot-by-Dominique-Billips-arrested-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-465312" style&equals;"width&colon;841px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Police believe Billips was actually targeting the baby&&num;8217&semi;s father&period; Both parents fled the scene after the shooting and a neighbor brought the baby to the hospital for treatment&period; The baby&&num;8217&semi;s father was later detained by police and both parents were questioned <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">It is also believed the parents did not remain on the scene following the shooting&comma; because there was a warrant out for one of their arrests on a non-violent crime&period;<br>The baby was instead transported to a local hospital by a neighbor&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;When I found out the baby was seven months and both parents said they have warrants&period; They got out of the car and I took the baby&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he told <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcphiladelphia&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;baby-shot-holmesburg-northeast-philadelphia&sol;3916885&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">NBC<&sol;a>&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I just felt like I had to protect this child&period; It was overwhelming&period; It was scary&period; This person came up and didn&&num;8217&semi;t care with no remorse and just fired and walked away like nothing happened&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The baby&&num;8217&semi;s father was later detained by police and both parents were questioned&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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