Brooklyn baby killed: Manhunt continues, reward offered in fatal shooting of 7-month-old girl in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
EAST WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (WABC) — A manhunt continues for the second suspect wanted in connection to the deadly shooting of a baby girl in Brooklyn.
The alleged shooter is in custody but police are actively searching for the suspect who drove the moped involved in the shooting.
The suspected gunman, 21-year-old Amuri Greene, will be charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. He remains in the hospital for a broken leg and his arraignment is pending.
Police say they know the identity of the second suspect they are looking for but declined to release his name.
The 7-month-old child, identified as Kaori Patterson-Moore, was being pushed in a stroller by her mother when shots rang out on Wednesday at Humboldt and Moore streets around 1 p.m.
As people ran for cover, the baby’s mother, father and 2-year-old brother fled to a nearby bodega. The mother’s screams could be heard from outside as she realized her child had been hit, in what police are calling a gang-related shooting.
The child’s father ran to the nearby Woodhull Hospital with the baby where she was pronounced dead.
The 2-year-old boy, who was also in the stroller, was grazed in the back but is OK.
The suspects tried getting away on the moped northbound on Humboldt Street. Surveillance video shows them going the wrong way down a one-way street before they collided with a car and both suspects were thrown from the moped.
The alleged gunman, who was the rear passenger, landed so hard his shoes flew off. He was rushed to a hospital where he was later taken into custody for an unrelated incident — a domestic violence-related robbery.
He was undergoing surgery on Thursday for a broken leg suffered during the crash.
Greene is a known associate of a street gang operating out of a public housing project in Brooklyn, Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny said.
Investigators are looking into whether the baby’s father may have been the intended target as part of a dispute with a rival gang.
The baby’s grandmother said Thursday she is still in disbelief.
“I’m devastated you understand, this is a baby, I call her my little baby angel, se was just learning to take a few steps,” Linda Oyinkoinyan said.
Her grandfather said he felt helpless.
“When I went to the hospital, I saw her lying down there, I had to see her,” GodsKing Oyinkoinyan said. “That was really really heartbreaking.”
Outside the family’s home at the Bushwick Houses, there was a plea for peace.
Across the street at the bodega where the child took her last breath, there were promises to avenger her death.
Residents in East Williamsburg clutched images of the suspect police are hunting.
“I’m prepared to die myself. I’m prepared my own self for people like this one. You know what I’m saying?” said resident Jose Cruz.
“When it comes to this, you gotta snitch. Because if you don’t snitch or rat out, you don’t have no soul,” said resident Vincent Valcassel.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that his heart aches for the baby’s parents.
“Every single child in this city deserves to grow up free from the threat of gun violence, every parent in the city deserves the peace of mind that comes from knowing their children are safe when they leave home,” Mamdani said.
On Thursday morning, civil rights leader the Rev. Kevin McCall and neighborhood clergy announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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