BOSTON — A Dorchester mother and child who were shot in front of their Stratton Street home Monday night are expected to survive, according to a family member. “My daughter is OK. Her son is doing well. I believe in God, I believe in justice,” Fatima Depina Ortiz said Tuesday afternoon.

A baby and a woman were shot late Monday night in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, and the search is on for the gunman who got away, Boston police say they responded around 11:39 p.m. to the scene where Ames Street meets Stratton Street -- not far from Harambee Park -- after a Shot Spotter alert and 911 calls for a report of a baby shot.

BOSTON - A mother and baby were shot in Boston late Monday night and the baby is fighting to survive. Police were called to the corner of Stratton and Ames Streets in Dorchester around 11:40 p.m. and found the woman and the child suffering from gunshot wounds in a driveway.