6-Month-Old Shot Multiple Times In Chicago: Baby, Her Father Wounded In South Side Gunfire

A 6-month-old girl and her father were shot multiple times in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood Monday afternoon.

According to DNAinfo Chicago, the child was one of two people wounded in the shooting , which took place around 12:48 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue.

UPDATE: The infant wounded Monday died in the hospital early Tuesday. Read updates here .

Both victims -- the other the girl's father , per ABC Chicago -- of what police believe was a drive-by shooting were taken to area hospitals and are in serious-to-critical condition , the Chicago Tribune reports.

A DNAinfo report identified the female infant as Jonylah Watkins. The male victim, according to the Tribune, is Jonathan Watkins, the baby's father.

Jonathan Watkins, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, was changing his baby's diaper in the front passenger seat of a Chevy Venture minivan, just minutes after visiting the girl's grandmother, when a gunman approached them and opened fire.

The baby's mother was previously shot while carrying Johnylah, both the Sun-Times and DNAinfo report.

According to NBC Chicago, police say the baby's father, Jonathan Watkins is known to have gang affiliations .

No one is in custody in the shooting and police are investigating.

Gun violence in Chicago has earned the city national media attention -- including two recent back-to-back This American Life episodes on NPR, even as its oft-blasted homicide rate in February plummeted to a 56-year-low . Previously, in January, 40 homicides were reported by police .

Earlier Monday, Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy touted that shootings in Chicago so far this year are down 19 percent compared to last year , according to NBC. Homicides, McCarthy said in a press conference, are also down by 26 percent compared to 2012.