WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A community is planning to gather in mourning on Saturday, after a 7-month-old baby was shot and killed in her stroller in Brooklyn.
New York City clergy members, the Brooklyn Collective Clergy Council and the United Clergy Council will host the community vigil at 12 p.m. at the corner of 110 Moore St. Organizers say it will be a time to “pray, reflect, and support one another as we mourn this devastating loss.”
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“This should never be happening, and it is incredibly sad. Now more than ever, we must come together as a community united in prayer, worship, and compassion,” wrote organizers.
Police took into custody Matthew Rodriguez, 18, in connection with the deadly shooting of baby girl Kaori Patterson-Moore on Friday. U.S. Marshals tracked him down in Pennsylvania days after the NYPD arrested and charged 21-year-old Amuri Greene with murder.
Greene was allegedly firing shots while riding on a moped driven by Rodriguez when a stray bullet hit and killed the 7-month-old in a stroller at the corner of Humboldt and Moore streets in Williamsburg at around 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday, police said.
Another bullet grazed Patterson-Moore’s brother, who was also in the stroller at the time, the family has said.
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Greene has since been charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and assault, according to the NYPD. Meanwhile, Rodriguez is set to be extradited to New York.
According to authorities, Greene is associated with a gang from the Marcy Houses, and the shooting may be linked to a possible beef between the Marcy Houses gang and its rival MOE (Money Over Everything) from the Bushwick Houses.
The mother of the 7-month-old had been pushing the baby in a stroller and ran to a nearby bodega to escape the gunfire, police said. Once inside, she saw the girl was bleeding, sources said.
Kaori’s grandfather, Godsking Oyinkoinyan, wants the community to “give Kaori a voice.”
“Let’s do something about gun violence,” he said.
Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found here.
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