Mother, 21, who was seven months pregnant with her second child, shot and killed in daylight drive-by but her baby boy was saved and is fighting for his life

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Qualecia James, 21, was seven months pregnant and had a four-year-old daughter
She was the passenger of a car driving in Miami Gardens on Sunday about 2pm
The car came under fire from a second vehicle and was riddled with bullets
The driver was not injured but James died in hospital
Doctors managed to deliver her baby, a boy, two months early, but he remains critical

PUBLISHED: 08:28 EST, 31 March 2014 | UPDATED: 11:24 EST, 31 March 2014

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A 21-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant was killed on Sunday in a drive-by shooting in Miami, but doctors still managed to deliver her baby before she passed away.

The child, a little boy, remains in a critical condition.

Police have identified the victim as Quelecia James, of Miami Gardens, who was a passenger in a car that was travelling northbound on Northwest 32nd Avenue about 2pm.

A second car drove up alongside the vehicle that was carrying James - who has a four-year-old daughter - and its passenger began shooting, according to CBS Miami.

The driver, who was not injured and whose name has not been released, quickly pulled into the driveway of a nearby home at 18131 NW 32nd Ave.

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Killed: Qualecia James, 21, a mother with a four-year-old daughter who was seven months pregnant, died following a drive-by shooting in Miami on Sunday. Her baby, a son, has survived

Riddled: The car the young mother was traveling was shot several times, police said. She was a passenger and died in hospital

Scene: The daylight drive-by occured on Sunday afternoon around 2pm on Northwest 32nd Avenue in Miami Gardens

He called police and James was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital in an extremely critical condition.

As doctors worked on saving her, they managed to deliver her child, who was born two months early.

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James did not survive.

'It hurts me so bad my daughter gone, she gone,' her father, Leroy James, told CBS.

'I know everybody got to go one day, but why today? I will never figure out that answer.'

'The last thing we always tell each other ‘I love you’ and that’s the last thing she said to me and the last thing I said to her ‘I love you’.'

Qualecia James' son was delivered two months pregnant and has survived, but is critical. She died from gunshot wounds

Grief-stricken: The victim's father, Leroy James, said the last things he said to his daughter was 'I love you'

Police say they are actively interviewing people in the area to try and identify the shooter and the car they were in

No arrests had been made, but officials maintain they are investigating.

'We are actively searching for any witnesses who will be able to help us out in this horrific incident,' said Mike Wright, spokesman for the Miami Gardens Police Department.

'We need our neighbors to come together and start actually piecing the puzzle together. It’s a very sad situation.'

Mr James said he feels confident the person responsible will be caught.

'All I got to say to the people who done this: Run forever and a day, you will get caught,' he said.

'My advice for [the shooter’s] family is to turn them in. Somebody got to pay for this. She didn’t ask for this.'