{"id":184601,"date":"2026-04-03T16:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184601\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:19:08","slug":"thug-accused-of-killing-kaori-patterson-in-nyc-shooting-is-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/184601\/","title":{"rendered":"Thug accused of killing Kaori Patterson in NYC shooting is charged with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The moped-riding goon who allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/02\/us-news\/video-shows-heart-wrenching-moment-nyc-mom-realizes-her-baby-daughter-was-shot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shot a 7-month-old baby in Brooklyn<\/a> was hit with a murder charge in the girl\u2019s tragic, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/02\/us-news\/video-shows-fleeing-suspects-crashing-moped-after-7-month-old-is-struck-by-stray-bullet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stray-bullet death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Amuri Greene, 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/02\/us-news\/person-of-interest-in-senseless-shooting-death-of-7-month-old-nyc-tot-to-face-murder-charge-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">faces murder<\/a>, attempted murder and assault charges in the shooting that killed infant Kaori Patterson, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Cops arrested Greene \u2013 who\u2019s hospitalized with a broken leg after a gruesome crash following the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/02\/us-news\/moped-riding-goons-who-shot-killed-7-month-old-in-nyc-horror-were-aiming-for-her-dad-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shocking shooting<\/a> Wednesday \u2013 on the charges Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38982660\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-month-old-girl-shot-124866621_0de221.jpg\" alt=\"A baby with dark curly hair and dark eyes looking at the camera, wearing a blue pacifier, wrapped in a pink and white blanket.\" class=\"wp-image-38982660\"  \/>A stray bullet fatally struck 7-month-old Kaori Patterson in a shooting that was meant to target her father, Jamari Patterson, sources have said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.82324219;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38982659\" width=\"486\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7-month-old-baby-clinging-124846605_d49488.jpg\" alt=\"Two moped-riding suspects, one holding a gun.\" class=\"wp-image-38982659\"  \/>Suspect Amuri Greene, 21, faces murder, attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly shooting the infant. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Greene, along with a still-unidentified second man, allegedly rolled up on a moped Wednesday near the corner of Humboldt and Moore Streets, intending to shoot Kaori\u2019s father, Jamari Patterson, sources have said.<\/p>\n<p>The bullets missed their intended target and ended up striking Kaori and her 2-year-old brother, police have said. <\/p>\n<p>The boy survived with a bullet graze to his back, while Kaori died.<\/p>\n<p>The shooters then allegedly crashed their moped about two blocks away, with Greene flipping off and breaking his leg.<\/p>\n<p>A massive manhunt is underway for the second suspect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The moped-riding goon who allegedly shot a 7-month-old baby in Brooklyn was hit with a murder charge in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7986,57,9,56,63,65,64,3980,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-184601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-babies","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-ny","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nyc-headlines","14":"tag-nyc-news","15":"tag-shootings","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}