“She just wanted to see if the baby could sleep better with some fresh air. No one expected the shooting to start right at that moment. It wasn’t for her. It wasn’t for anyone,” her mother, who witnessed the events, recounted through tears.

The victim, according to her family, was a dedicated, responsible young woman completely focused on raising her son, a baby boy just 9 months old. She had no criminal record or ties to criminal groups. Her death has sparked widespread outrage in the community and has once again brought the gun violence plaguing vulnerable sectors of the country to the forefront of debate.

The mayor of La Pintana, Claudio Orrego, expressed his regret and demanded that the government take concrete action to stem the wave of violence:

“Our neighborhoods can’t be turned into war zones where a young mother dies from a