7-month-old girl in stroller fatally shot in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYPD says
Gothamist • • nation
Key Points:
- A 7-month-old girl, Kaori Patterson-Moore, was fatally shot in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when two men on a moped fired shots into a crowded sidewalk; the baby was hit while her mother pushed her stroller near Humboldt and Moore streets.
- The suspects fled the scene, with the moped crashing into a car shortly after; the rear passenger was hospitalized and taken into custody on an unrelated case, while the driver remains at large and is the subject of an active NYPD manhunt.
- Authorities believe the shooting was gang-motivated and that the infant was not the intended target; police have yet to recover the weapon used in the incident.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the violence, emphasizing the urgent need to address gun violence in the city, while local residents expressed shock and concern over the rare and tragic nature of the shooting.
- Despite a record-low year for gun violence in 2025, shootings remain a concern as warmer weather typically leads to an increase in incidents, highlighted by a recent case where a 9-year-old boy was struck by a stray bullet in Brownsville but survived.
