7-Month-Old Is Fatally Shot in Brooklyn
nytimes.com • • nation
Key Points:
- A 7-month-old infant girl was fatally shot in the head on Wednesday afternoon in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, while in a stroller with her mother near Moore and Humboldt Streets.
- Emergency responders transported the child to Woodhull Hospital, where she was pronounced dead approximately 25 minutes after the shooting.
- Police are investigating the incident and searching for two men wearing hooded sweatshirts who fled the scene on a motorbike heading northbound on Humboldt Street.
- Witnesses reported hearing an argument between two men near Sem Sem Deli shortly before the gunshot, which caused bystanders to run for cover.
- The investigation is ongoing, with police actively collecting evidence at the scene and aerial support assisting in the search.
