Radical socialist New York City lawmaker Zohran Mamdani is under fire for using the horrific killing of a 7?month?old baby girl to push gun-control rhetoric instead of confronting the violent criminals and permissive policies that made the crime possible.
The infant, Kaori Patterson?Moore, was fatally shot on Wednesday as her mother pushed her in a stroller along a Brooklyn street, when two men on a moped rode past and one opened fire on pedestrians. According to Gateway Pundit, the attack unfolded in broad daylight, underscoring the grim reality that ordinary New Yorkers now face as crime and gang violence continue to plague their neighborhoods despite years of progressive promises.
Per The New York Post: Sources said the tots 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 the scene but crashed the moped just two blocks away, sending one of them to the hospital, where he was identified as a person of interest, while the second assailant initially remained at large.
Meanwhile, the tragic youngster was rushed by ambulance to Woodhull Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:46 p.m. The senseless killing of Kaori, who was simply being pushed down the street by her mother, has become yet another symbol of how New Yorks lenient approach to crime has failed its most vulnerable residents.
Instead of demanding tougher enforcement, stronger sentencing, and an end to revolving?door justice, Mamdani chose to focus on firearms rather than the criminals who pulled the trigger. At a press conference, Mamdani declared, 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.
He continued with broad, emotional language that sidestepped the policy failures enabling such violence. 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.
Mamdani then framed the tragedy as primarily a gun issue, rather than a criminal and cultural one. 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.
Law enforcement, however, moved swiftly to apprehend the alleged perpetrators, demonstrating that when police are empowered to act, they can. Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the shooting, and investigators believe the incident was gang?related, with Kaori struck by a stray bullet.
Authorities identified 21?year?old Amuri Greene as the alleged gunman and passenger on the moped who fired the shots. Greene, injured in the subsequent crash, was taken into custody from his hospital bed and has been charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, and related offenses.
Also arrested was 18?year?old Matthew Rodriguez, the alleged driver of the moped. He was taken into custody in Pennsylvania on April 34, 2026, by NYPD detectives working alongside the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force, and charges against him are pending as New Yorkers demand justice for a child whose life was cut short on a city street that should have been safe.
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