A 7-month-old girl in a stroller was fatally shot in the head Wednesday in Brooklyn by what New York City officials said appears to have been a stray bullet. Kaori Patterson-Moore was being pushed in a stroller in East Williamsburg around 1:15pm when gunfire broke out, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. The baby's mother ran into a nearby bodega after hearing shots and then saw her daughter was bleeding, CBS News reports; the child's father carried her to Woodhull Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to police sources.
Investigators said video shows two men approached on a moped. Tisch said the passenger on the back is seen pulling out a firearm and firing at least twice toward a corner where several adults, two strollers, and multiple children were gathered on a sidewalk. As the men fled, the moped collided with an oncoming vehicle two blocks away, throwing both riders to the pavement. A man who police said matched the suspected shooter's clothing and appearance was taken to Brooklyn Hospital and later into custody in connection with a separate investigation; police said they're working to determine if he is the gunman. The second suspect, believed to be the driver, remained at large Wednesday night.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other officials held a news conference near the location of the shooting, per the AP. "A life that had barely begun was taken in an instant," he said. Crime has been dropping in New York City; through Sunday, the NYPD had recorded 52 killings so far in 2026, down 29% from the same period last year. The city is on track to finish the first quarter with killings and shootings near their lowest in decades. Mamdani said Kaori's killing is a reminder that much work still needs to be done to reduce gun violence. "We cannot accept this as normal," the mayor said.
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