A woman with a history of bad decision making decided to take a walk to the post office. She did this by going through a neighborhood that "wasn't safe".
Two random teenagers accosted her. We have no idea why they were there.
They demanded money (per her). She did not scream for help. She made no move to protect her child or get the two of them away from danger. Charitably, she "froze". (This happens - fight, flight or freeze.)
A random teenager who was "pretending" to be a gangster then fired a weapon four times, with the fourth bullet aimed at a sleeping infant who had not been pulled into anything resembling safety by his mother during a dangerous encounter that lasted for an unknown period of time, but at least several sentences worth. She did not scream for assistance when the gun was pointed at her. She did not scream for assistance when she herself was shot. (This seems odd - perhaps the accounts are simply not complete.)
The teenagers then "ran away" and an adult picked them up, who then turned them in to the police. If this adult had not turned them in, since they were not from the area, and were presumably unknown to the woman, she then identified them in a police line-up.
We still have no known motivation for the actions of the youths, including leaving a living witness.
If she had any prior contact with them (which we are all hoping she did not), then the actions of all involved are consistent with a hired hit, including her being shot in a non-fatal way, and then being left alive to pay them off.
Yes, they are guilty - the question is: Was she just really stupid? ("I thought it was a fake gun, even after a bullet flew by my head and another entered my leg, which is why I didn't worry about protecting my baby."
Or was she involved for motives unknown, possibly financial?
I don't want to believe that. But plausible means it needs investigating, and implying that it shouldn't be isn't the mark of a wise person.
My opinion. Like you, I am becoming repetitive. 
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