A seven-month-old baby has been tragically killed in her pram in "broad daylight" during a New York City shooting.
Kaori Patterson-Moore, who was just beginning to take her first steps, was shot and killed in her pram on a street corner in Brooklyn, New York, in what police believe to have been a gang-related attack that went disastrously wrong.
The baby girl was with her mother, father and two-year-old brother on the corner of Humboldt and Moore Streets in the Williamsburg neighbourhood when gunfire broke out shortly after 1pm ET on Wednesday.
Amuri Greene, 21, is the alleged shooter and is expected to face charges of murder and two counts of attempted murder, ABC reports.
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Surveillance footage showed two men on a moped riding the wrong way down a one-way street before a passenger on the back of the vehicle opened fire, discharging at least two rounds into a crowd.
As gunfire ensued, baby Kaori's parents, grabbing their children, fled into a nearby shop - it was only there that amid the chaos, did Lianna Charles-Moore, the baby's mother, realise her child had been shot in the head.
Kaori was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, where she was tragically pronounced dead.
Her two-year-old brother, who was also in the pram, was grazed on the back but survived.
Surveillance footage of the two suspects carrying out the fatal shooting in Brooklyn, New York
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Ms Charles-Moore was inconsolable, telling CBS: "She's gone, and I can't ever see her again.
"I can't smell her, can't kiss her. I can't wake up and feed her her bottle. Everything I wanted to with her, I can't do with her anymore."
Kaori's grandparents struggled to find words for their loss.
Her grandmother, Linda Oyinkoinyan, said she was in a state of disbelief, describing the Kaori as "my little baby angel".
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New York Mayor, Zohran Mamdani said the city was mourning alongside the family
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GodsKing Oyinkoinyan, Kaori's grandfather, said he had gone to hospital to see his grandchild one last time.
He said: "That was really, really heartbreaking."
The moped carrying the two suspects crashed into a car shortly after the fatal shooting took place, with both men being thrown from the vehicle.
Greene was taken to Brooklyn Hospital, where he underwent surgery for a broken leg before being taken into police custody in connection with an unrelated domestic violence robbery.
The manhunt remains ongoing for the moped's driver, whose identity local police says is known to them, but is yet to be made public.
New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city was mourning alongside the family, he said: "A life that had barely begun was taken in an instant.
"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."
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the shooting as devastating, saying: "As a mother, I cannot imagine the pain that this family is feeling or the grief that they now carry with them. It is unspeakable."
Civil rights leader Reverend Kevin McCall and local clergy announced a $5,000 reward on Thursday for any information leading to an arrest.
Outside the family's home in Bushwick, Brooklyn, locals have left flowers and called for peace.
Greene is understood to be a known associate of a street gang operating out of a public housing project in Brooklyn.
Investigators are looking into whether Kaori's father may have been the intended target of the shooting.