A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a 7-month-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet in New York City earlier this week.
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Amuri Greene, of Brooklyn, was charged with three counts of murder, attempted murder, five counts of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of attempted criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of assault, the New York City Police Department said Friday.
He was arrested and charged Thursday afternoon, police said. The NYPD said earlier on Thursday that charges were forthcoming against him and he was at the hospital.
It’s not immediately clear if he’s retained a lawyer.
The shooting unfolded Wednesday afternoon when two individuals on a moped came to the busy intersection of Moore Street and Humboldt Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, and a person at the back of the moped opened fire multiple times, according to police.
The baby, identified as Kaori Patterson-Moore, was struck, transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The moped fled after the shooting.
When asked about the second suspect on Friday, police said the investigation is active and ongoing.
The shooting sparked a city-wide manhunt for the assailant, with police sharing surveillance photos of the two males asking for the public’s help in identifying them.
The infant’s mother, Lianna Charles-Moore, told the New York Post that Kaori was being pushed in her stroller when she was hit, and she initially thought the sound of bullets was fireworks.
“My daughter was innocent. She didn’t deserve that. We were just going outside to go get her a few things and my son a few things,” Charles-Moore said.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the shooting as “an unthinkable loss.”
“We cannot accept this violence as normal. Too many families have suffered this pain,” he said on X.