A woman continues to fight for her life in a Minneapolis hospital after she drove herself and her toddler son to the hospital when both were severely wounded by gunfire.
A spokeswoman for HCMC said late Tuesday afternoon that Lilian M. Polacin Perez, 35, of Minneapolis remains in critical condition after she and her 2-year-old were shot Sunday night while in a vehicle in an alley in the 2900 block of 18th Avenue S.
Polacin Perez drove herself and her son about 1¼ miles to Children’s Minnesota-Minneapolis while both were suffering from “potentially life-threatening gunshot wounds,” a police statement read. Polacin Perez was later transferred to HCMC.
In a statement, Police Chief Brian O’Hara called the shooting of a child “absolutely horrific. It is outrageous. I am most thankful that it appears this child will survive.”
Polacin Perez’s brother-in-law, Jamie Chachipanta, told the Star Tribune that the boy is named Suriel, and “I think he is going to be OK. That is what the doctors said.”
Police said a male dressed in dark clothing shot the woman and her toddler. The gunfire hit the child in the face, police said.
“MPD is investigating the sequence of events that led up to the shooting and is working to determine if this was a targeted shooting,” the police statement read.
There have been no arrests as of late Tuesday morning, police said.
