A Gadsden woman shot in the face by her boyfriend last May - when she was nearly five months pregnant - has died.

The death of Hannah Irene Renfroe, 21, was announced on a Facebook page her family has used to keep extended family and friends updated on her condition since the shooting. Renfroe died Wednesday morning.

"She has given a great fight for over a year now. Now she is resting in peace, no more pain or tears," the post read, in part.

The post also expressed hope that justice could prevail for Renfroe and her son, Xavier Chance Renfroe, who died in October four days after his birth. The baby had to be delivered by emergency Caesarean section after Renfroe began running a high fever.

The fever had already affected the baby, however, and he was unable to breathe on his own. Born at 37 weeks, his blood pressure also remained unstable as his body began to accumulate fluid, Renfroe's family said at the time.

Xavier had remained stable in utero for months after the May 21, 2015, shooting, despite his mother's traumatic brain injury and the subsequent surgeries and recurring infections that followed. Her family asked for prayers several times over recent months as her health continued to fluctuate.

Renfroe's cousin posted earlier this month that her condition had deteriorated. She was on hospice care and was being made comfortable at home as her family prepared to say goodbye.

Etowah County deputies went around 9 p.m. the night of the shooting to the home on Whites Chapel Road that Renfroe shared with her boyfriend after the man, whose name has not been made public, called 911 and said he'd accidentally shot his girlfriend.

When deputies arrived, they found the man trying to put pressure on the bleeding bullet wound in Renfroe's right eye. She was flown to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where she suffered a stroke and had to have her eye removed.

She spent months at UAB before being released to her mother's care.

Her boyfriend was questioned by police and released. No charges have been filed in the case, which law enforcement officials have called an accidental shooting.

Though investigators have said little publicly about how the shooting occurred, Renfroe's family told AL.com last year that they were told the boyfriend was putting on pants when a gun in his pocket accidentally fired and struck Hannah. Her family doubted that story, however, saying there was a history of problems in the couple's relationship.

The boyfriend's son, then 7 years old, was also present at the time of the shooting, Renfroe's family said.