{"id":456647,"date":"2026-09-07T23:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456647\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T23:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:20:10","slug":"pregnant-socal-mom-taken-off-life-support-after-being-shot-in-the-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456647\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant SoCal mom taken off life support after being shot in the head"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 22-year-old pregnant mom has been declared brain dead and taken off life support after being shot in the head <\/a>outside her apartment.<\/p>\n

Adriana Jimenez was 16 weeks pregnant and had a six-year-old girl when she was attacked in Canoga Park, California, on August 23.<\/p>\n

Adriana Jimenez, 22, who was 16 weeks pregnant had been on life support since an Aug. 23 shooting. GoFundMe<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the hardest part, knowing the little girl calls out for her mom and cries for her,\u201d Leonardo Ayala, the victim\u2019s uncle told ABC7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jimenez and her sister Maria Fernanda Jimenez were sitting in their car, outside of their apartment on Roscoe and Topanga Canyon boulevards, when their attacker walked up to them and shot them. <\/p>\n

Jimenez was also the mother of a 6-year-old girl. GoFundMe<\/p>\n

The shooting happened around 8 a.m., according to police, the LA Times reported.<\/a> Ayala believes the gunman targeted the car his nieces were in, ABC7 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so tragic. I couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d he told the station<\/a>. \u201cHer birthday is on Sept. 11. That day they were going to do the gender reveal for her baby. She was in the front, she was driving the car. Sadly, her baby also died.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maria Fernanda suffered two gunshots. One bullet went through her neck, but surprisingly she is expected to be okay. She is still recovering from injuries however, the LA Times reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Maria Fernanda Jimenez and Adriana Jimenez together.<\/p>\n

A suspect has been arrested, according to what the family told ABC7<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Walter Francisco Rodriguez Garcia of Gardena, the suspect, was the ex-boyfriend of one of the cousins of the Jimenez sisters. He also operated a barbershop in South L.A.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe case has nothing to do with gangs,\u201d the uncle told the station<\/a>, responding to previous reports. \u201cThe suspect is someone who is close to the family. He is known to the family. We don\u2019t understand why he made that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The sisters had gone out with their cousins earlier that morning, the LA Times reported. <\/a><\/p>\n

Garcia has been charged with three counts of attempted murder, according to the criminal complaint from the Los Angeles County district attorney\u2019s office. <\/p>\n

Court records demonstrate that he\u2019s pleaded not guilty, according to the LA Times.<\/a> Once prosecutors found out that the mom died, they said they would up the charges. <\/p>\n

Garcia already has a record under his belt. In 2022, he was charged with battery and vandalism, according to court records, the LA Times reported<\/a>. Records show that he pleaded not guilty in that instance and that he was later acquitted of the charges in a trial. <\/p>\n

Adriana Jimenez and her daughter. GoFundMe<\/p>\n

A GoFundMe was put together to help cover funeral costs incurred by the family. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur family never imagined we would find ourselves facing a tragedy of this magnitude,\u201d Vilma Carranza, the victim\u2019s aunt wrote on the page.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAlong with the overwhelming grief, we are now faced with unexpected medical and funeral expenses, the possible repatriation of Adriana\u2019s remains, and the responsibility of making sure her young daughter is supported and cared for during this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The funds will go to either cremating Adriana or sending her back to El Salvador. \u201cWe know that we have to be strong, unite as a family and move past this tragedy,\u201d the uncle told ABC7. <\/p>\n

LAPD is currently conducting an investigation. <\/p>\n

The California Post reached out to LAPD to inquire about whether a motive had been determined for this case, but did not immediately hear back. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 22-year-old pregnant mom has been declared brain dead and taken off life support after being shot in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,4589,47,4182,15774,3586,7540],"class_list":["post-456647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-deaths","tag-los-angeles","tag-metro","tag-shootings","tag-us-news","tag-victims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}