NYPD Manhunt Is on for Killers of Infant in Stroller

New York City police are now hunting two men they say are tied to the death of a 7-month-old Brooklyn girl who was hit by stray gunfire Wednesday. Kaori Patterson-Moore was in her stroller near the intersection of Moore and Humboldt streets in Williamsburg when someone riding on the back of a moped fired twice into a busy street around 1:16pm, police said. She was struck and died at the scene. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said investigators believe the shooting was tied to gang activity, reports NBC News.

One man who "fits the description of our shooter" is in custody on an unrelated matter, according to Tisch, as detectives work to determine his role. The moped's driver remains at large and is the focus of what Tisch called a "massive" search involving bloodhounds. Police say the pair fled on the moped, collided with an oncoming car, then abandoned the vehicle about five blocks away. Kaori's mother, 20-year-old Lianna Charles-Moore, told the New York Post she initially mistook the gunfire for fireworks. "My daughter was innocent. She didn't deserve that," she said. Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged New Yorkers not to become inured to such shootings.