‘Hero’ Vegas mum pictured caring for baby with gunshot wound

A mother who was shot in Las Vegas during a country music festival has been pictured caring for her baby just hours after the shocking attack.

The woman, called Summer Clyburn n a post on the Love What Matters facebook page, “took a bullet to the back by a rifle to save someone else's life,” according to the person who wrote the post about her, seemingly a close friend or family member named Lauren Harkins. 

“She took the bullet for her fiancé,” the post read. “He was shot in his left temple and he told her to run and instead she took off her flannel and wrapped his wound. She was putting another layer over him when she was then shot in her back. 

The picture shows Summer in what seems to be a hospital, carrying a young child. Although she is not seriously injured, Harkins explained that “the bullet is shattered inside of her and unable to be removed.”

“Her fiancé is doing better and improving, we will find out more today,” she added. “He's a fighter. He's a police officer. His journey isn't over, he will be back in the field saving lives again someday soon.”