Advertisement Duquesne boy, 17, gets long prison sentence in unborn baby's death Eric Taylor was found guilty of shooting DaRae Delgado Share Shares Copy Link Copy

A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to 22 1/2 to 45 years in prison on Wednesday for a shooting that killed another teenager's unborn child in Duquesne. Eric Taylor, of Duquesne, was 15 when police say he shot DaRae Delgado, who was also 15 and seven months pregnant, in May 2014. Delgado survived but the child she was carrying did not."I do not hate you. I pray God has mercy on your soul. You will always be in my prayers," Delgado's mother said in a written statement that was read in court.Video: Katelyn Sykes reports from the county courthouseTaylor was convicted as an adult of third-degree murder, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and three weapons charges in May.Police say Taylor knocked on the door of the victim's home on Friendship Street, covered the peephole and then opened fire when she answered.Delgado and her family moved out of Pennsylvania after the shooting. They did not attend Taylor's sentencing hearing.In her written statement, Delgado's mother asked "Was it worth it?" and said her daughter "will never get over the fact her son was murdered before he could take his first breath."Taylor was sentenced by Allegheny County Judge David Cashman, who told the youth that he had used Delgado's unborn child as a shield during her attempted assassination.Taylor did not make a statement in court.Defense attorney Chris Conrad said Taylor is innocent, and they plan to appeal the sentence."It was a difficult sentencing procedure for us because my client can't show remorse, because he's not the one that did the shooting. He's real steadfast in it," Conrad said. "That's the only thing that could have helped him out, if he said, 'It was me and I made a mistake,' but that's why he didn't say anything in sentencing."Get the WTAE Pittsburgh's Action News 4 App