Backlash After NYC Mayor Mamdani Blames Death of 7-Month Old Baby on Guns Instead of the Violent Criminals Who Killed Her
Radical socialist Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, is facing backlash for politicizing the death of a 7-month-old baby and blaming ‘guns’ instead of the violent criminals responsible for the tragedy.
On Wednesday, the baby, Kaori Patterson-Moore, was shot and killed as her mother pushed her in a stroller down a Brooklyn Street. Two men drove past on a moped, with one of the men firing two shots at passersby.
WANTED FOR HOMICIDE: On 4/1/2026 at 1:21 pm, a baby was shot and killed near Moore St. and Humboldt St. in Brooklyn. The NYPD is looking for two males who fled northbound on a moped near Humboldt Street. If you have any information, call @NYPDTips at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). pic.twitter.com/SZpzQPF9NO
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 1, 2026
Sources said the tot’s mom heard the shots and rushed her daughter into a nearby bodega for shelter — then looked down at the stroller and saw the blood.
The suspects fled but crashed the moped two blocks away, sending one of them to the hospital where he was identified as a person of interest and the second goon still on the run.
Meanwhile, the tragic youngster was rushed by ambulance to Woodhull Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:46 p.m.
Rather than addressing NYC’s soft-on-crime policies and blaming the actual violent perpetrators, Mamdani instead blamed guns.
Mamdani said during a press conference, “Earlier today, a 7-month-old baby was shot and killed on the corner of Moore Street and Humboldt Street here in Brooklyn. A life that had barely begun was taken in an instant.”
“This is not the first family in our city to know this pain. Too many children have never grown up into becoming adults. Too many parents have had to bury those that they love the most. We cannot accept this as normal. In our city.”
“We cannot grow numb to this pain, and today is a devastating reminder of just how much more work there is to be done to combat gun violence across this city.”
Watch:
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the fatal shooting of a baby in Brooklyn by a stray bullet a “devastating reminder” of the work that remains to be done to combat gun violence. https://t.co/fCUKHY42Hj pic.twitter.com/S6aePIpg6K
— ABC News (@ABC) April 2, 2026
Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the shooting.
Amuri Greene, 21 years old, the alleged gunman/passenger on the moped who fired the shots, was taken into custody shortly after the April 1 shooting. Greene was injured in the moped crash that followed the shooting and was arrested in his hospital bed.
Watch the crash here:
Greene has been charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, and related charges. Police believe the shooting was gang-related, and Kaori was an unintended victim of a stray bullet.
Also arrested was Matthew Rodriguez, 18 years old, the alleged driver of the moped.He was arrested on April 3–4, 2026, in Pennsylvania by NYPD detectives working with the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Charges against him are pending.
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