Baby killed by stray bullet in Bushwick gang-related shooting; manhunt underway

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Baby killed by stray bullet in Bushwick gang-related shooting; manhunt underway​

Police say the moped passenger matches the description of the shooter and is in custody. The driver remains on the run, and a "massive NYPD manhunt" is underway, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says.​

Zoe Cosgrove

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Apr 1, 2026, 7:05 PM

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A baby girl in a stroller was killed by a stray bullet during a gang-related shooting in Bushwick on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
The baby, identified as 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore, was struck around 1:20 p.m. after the rear passenger of a moped fired two rounds on the corner of Moore and Humboldt streets, where multiple children and adults were standing.
Police say the moped passenger matches the description of the shooter and is in custody. The driver remains on the run, and a "massive NYPD manhunt" is underway, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch says.
Heavy NYPD and FDNY presence overtook the intersection, just steps away from a day care.
A witness called the News 12 newsroom minutes after the shooting and said they saw a person running with the stroller moments later, shouting, "My baby! My baby!"
Authorities say the baby's father ran her five blocks to NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull. The baby did not survive.
The man on the run was last seen moving toward the NYCHA Marcy Houses wearing gray pants, a white t-shirt and a black surgical mask.

An NYPD Crime Stoppers van at 131 Moore St. projected images of the suspected gunmen on a moped. It says authorities are offering up to $3,500 for information regarding the fatal shooting.



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Police say the moped riders crashed into an oncoming car and were thrown from the moped near Siegel Street and Manhattan Avenue while attempting to flee the scene.
A second crime scene was established here, where vehicle debris was seen scattered in the road.
Surveillance video of the crash shows the rear passenger hit the pavement so hard that his shoes fly off.
Authorities received a 911 call after the crash for an injured man. He was taken to the hospital and placed in custody for a separate incident, a domestic violence-related robbery. He has not officially been charged for the shooting as of Wednesday evening.
Police say the moped was recovered five blocks west of the shooting, at Warsaw Place and Flushing Avenue, and has been secured for processing by its Crime Scene Unit.
Authorities are working to figure out who was the intended target of the shooting, according to Tisch.
The shooting comes less than a week after a 9-year-old boy was shot in Brownsville.
During a press conference on Wednesday evening, Mayor Zohran Mamdani emphasized the gravity of the incident, stating, "We cannot accept this as normal in our city."
The mayor sent his condolences to the baby's family.
"There are no words that can mend the heartbreak this family is feeling now," Mamdani said.

 

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Video shows heart-wrenching moment NYC mom realizes her 7-month-old daughter was shot dead​

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Zoe Hussain and

Peter Gerber
Published April 2, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET
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A video captured the heart-wrenching moment a young mom realized her 7-month-old daughter had been shot by a stray bullet while pushing the tot in a stroller through Brooklyn Wednesday.
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The security footage from an East Williamsburg bodega obtained by The Post captured the gutting scene when mother Lianna Charles-Moore first noticed her baby girl had been struck by a bullet inside her stroller.

Charles-Moore and the tot’s dad took cover inside the deli with baby Kaori and her crying 2-year-old brother, who became hysterical after loud blasts rang out.

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The security footage from an East Williamsburg bodega obtained by The Post captured the gut-wrenching scene when mother Lianna Charles-Moore first noticed her baby girl had been struck by a bullet inside her stroller.Obtained by NY Post
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7-month-old Kaori was shot and killed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

The booms, which the family had initally mistaken for fireworks, turned out to be gunshots fired by a pair of moped-riding thugs into a crowd near the corner of Humboldt and Moore Streets around 1:20 p.m., according to cops.

The footage reveals what happened in the excruciating minutes after little Kaori had been shot in the head.
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Inside the bodega, Charles-Moore, who had been tending to her son, pulls back the double stroller’s visor and bends down to glance at Kaori, who suffered a fatal head wound in the shooting, the clip shows.

The distraught mom jumps up and down and screams out with her hands above her head as she’s overcome with emotion, according to the agonizing footage.


“I was hugging [my son], and then when I looked to my left, my daughter was just there, lying there. She was shot in the head. She was just bleeding. It was just too much,” Charles-Moore said in a phone interview on Wednesday.

Her break-down alerted bystanders all totally unaware of the tragedy unfolding under their noses up to that point.

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Video shows heart-wrenching moment NYC mom realizes her baby daughter was shot.Obtained by NY Post
A child who had been standing behind the stroller peaks around to its seat and immediately steps back, appearing aghast with their jaw dropped.

A man rushes over and appears stunned by what he sees, covering his mouth before hastily pushing the stroller outside. It’s not immediately clear if the man is Kaori’s father or a good Samaritan.

The tragic youngster was then rushed by ambulance to Woodhull Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:46 p.m. Her 2-year-old brother suffered a graze wound and was treated at the same facility.

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The 7-month-old girl was shot dead in her stroller by a stray bullet while walking with her parents in Brooklyn, with cops now looking for a pair of moped-riding thugs, police and sources said.
The bubbly baby had just learned how to say the word “mama” and hadn’t even begun walking yet when the heartless shooter on a moped fired in her direction.

Chilling surveillance photos captured the suspect blasting a gun from the back of the moped as the driver sped away.

The duo eventually crashed into an oncoming car two blocks away — throwing the passenger to the pavement so hard that his shoes flew off his feet, police officials said.

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Harrowing picture shows a bloodied baby hat on the scene of the fatal shooting in Brooklyn on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.OLGA FEDOROVA/EPA/Shutterstock
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The passenger was rushed to Brooklyn Hospital, where he was identified as a person of interest in the deadly shooting and was taken into custody in connection to an unrelated domestic incident, cops said.

A massive manhunt has been launched to locate the second suspect.

 

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News 12 The Bronx​

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BREAKING UPDATE: Second suspect in custody in fatal shooting of 7-month-old in Bushwick.
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It should be obvious to anyone with a brain that we need to reduce the access to guns in America. It's really ridiculous. There is no viable argument at this point at all. Self defense - Legal intervention gun deaths in 2023 were 608, Homicides 18,000 Suicides 27,000. So we can play pretend cowboy we save people 608 times but lose 27000 people by suicide 18000 people by homicides. Seems to me the cowboys ain't winning.

O yeah also if your black you might care to know that 60% of the homicide deaths were black people. We are 11 TIMES more likely to die from a firearm than a white person. And if your a black male 18-24 you are 100 times more likely to die by a firearm than a white male.

Gun restrictions are a black issue and it's getting worse in our communities than anyone elses. We ain't gonna gun our way out of the gun problem. White people don't give a shit cause their babies ain't dying.

 

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Brooklyn baby shooting: Getaway driver begs for forgiveness in slaying of 7-month-old infant, claims he ‘didn’t know’ she would be shot​

By Dean MosesPosted on April 14, 2026

According to police sources, 18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez was extradited back to the Big Apple after fleeing to Monroe County, PA, immediately following the April 1 shooting. He was arrested on April 3 after tracking him down to his hideaway.

The getaway driver allegedly responsible for the stray-bullet Brooklyn shooting of 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore earlier this month begged forgiveness Tuesday as amNewYork confronted him.

According to police sources, 18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez was extradited back to the Big Apple after fleeing to Monroe County, PA, immediately following the April 1 shooting. He was arrested on April 3 after tracking him down to his hideaway.

Rodriguez is accused of driving the scooter with reported accomplice Amuri Greene, who allegedly fired the fatal shot from the back of the vehicle. The shooting, which Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch indicated was possibly gang-related, left little Patterson-Moore dead after being struck in the head while riding in a stroller that her mother pushed.

18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez was extradited back to the Big Apple after fleeing to Monroe County, Pa immediately following the April 1 shooting. He was arrested on April 3 after tracking him down to his hideaway.Photo by Dean Moses
Rodriguez had been held at Brooklyn’s 90th Precinct following his extradition from Pennsylvania. Detectives escorted him in handcuffs out of the 90th Precinct’s Williamsburg stationhouse, headed for Brooklyn Criminal Court for arraignment — and was confronted by a number of reporters and photographers.

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amNewYork asked Rodriguez what he had to say to the mourning family of the slain infant.

“I didn’t do it. I don’t know it was going to happen!” He exasperatedly told amNewYork.

When informed that the young victim was just 7-months-old, he broke down while being loaded into a waiting police vehicle.

“It’s not my fault, I don’t pull the trigger. I promise I didn’t know. I promise, I promise, I didn’t know. I didn’t know he was going to do it. I didn’t know he was going to pull the trigger,” he said over and over again. “I didn’t know he was going to do that.”

18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez was extradited back to the Big Apple after fleeing to Monroe County, Pa immediately following the April 1 shooting. He was arrested on April 3 after tracking him down to his hideaway.Photo by Dean Moses
The perp walk occurred the same day the family held a funeral procession for Patterson-Moore around the community where she lived. Her tiny pink casket was driven around in a horse-drawn carriage.

According to loved ones, she had only just begun saying her first words and taking her first steps days before she was killed.

“This doesn’t define her. Everybody loves her. She was just starting to say mom. She was just taking her first steps. She was close with all her family and nephews and uncles,” one of Patterson-Moore’s grandmothers said.

Both Rodriguez and Greene collided with a vehicle as they tried to make their getaway. While Rodriguez fled out of state, Greene ended up in the hospital.

Rodriguez is charged with counts of murder, attempted murder, seven counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of assault, eight counts of hindering prosecution, and four counts of tampering with a witness.

18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez was extradited back to the Big Apple after fleeing to Monroe County, Pa immediately following the April 1 shooting. He was arrested on April 3 after tracking him down to his hideaway.Photo by Dean Moses

 

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