FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - A 19-year-old woman died this Monday after being shot while sitting in the passenger seat of a car, the Florence Police Department said.

The woman has been identified as Zynaija Thomas of Bishopville. The Florence County Coroner confirmed on Thursday that Thomas was approximately 19 weeks pregnant when she was shot.

Thomas was sitting in the passenger seat of a car in the 600 block of Roberts Street when another car drove by.

“It’s alleged that some subjects get out of the vehicle, start shooting at our victim’s vehicle, and in that strike the victim who is sitting in the passenger seat,” said Florence Interim Police Chief Stephen Starling.

Starling told WMBF that Thomas’ boyfriend was nearby, was not injured in the shooting, and transported Thomas to a hospital.

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