A seven-month old baby girl has died after being fatally shot in a New York City street by a scooter-riding suspect, police said.
The unidentified child was hit while being pushed in a stroller near Humboldt and Moore Street in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on Wednesday.
Shots rang out just before 1:25 pm, with the mother discovering after that the child was bleeding from the head after seeking refuge in a nearby bodega, sources told AM NY.
Images have since emerged of the two suspects wanted in connection, one of whom is sitting on the back of a scooter while holding a firearm.
The child was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, also in Brooklyn, where she could not be saved and was pronounced dead shortly after.
The murder happened in broad daylight in what is a trendy-but-gritty part of the city filled with well renowned bars and restaurants.
One woman who was inside the facility described the horror as the child was brought in, saying: ‘I was in the hospital when the father brought the baby in.
‘The dad brought the baby in. The dad was screaming, ‘Save my baby!’ And the mother was screaming at the top of her lungs.’
A manhunt is now underway for the two suspects, the moped they were using was found ditches a few streets away from the scene.
NBC New York’s chopper captured images of the street in the aftermath, with crime scene tape covering the area which was swarmed with officers.
At a press conference for an unrelated matter, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said: ‘It is a tragedy that this baby was shot and killed.’
Mayor Mamdani said he would be joined at a press conference with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch later today, adding his ‘heart breaks’ for the family.
