{"id":185857,"date":"2026-04-05T01:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/185857\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T01:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T01:40:20","slug":"vigil-held-saturday-for-7-month-old-kaori-patterson-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/185857\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil held Saturday for 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d29l815xgoxr6dxv.jpg\" alt=\"Family of 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore mourns at vigil, says 'this cannot happen anymore'\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">NEW YORK &#8211; A grieving Brooklyn community came together to honor a baby whose life was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/police-seek-suspects-infants-murder-williamsburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cut tragically short on Saturday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The vigil was organized by NYC clergy, the Brooklyn Collective Clergy Council and the United Clergy Council.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The gathering followed the death of 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore, who was fatally shot earlier this week in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Organizers say the vigil was intended as a time for prayer, reflection and community support.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775353220_57_nyc-noon-live-oct-8-1.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Kaori Patterson-Moore was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/child-shot-williamsburg-brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shot while sitting in a stroller<\/a> during a daytime shooting in Williamsburg, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Authorities say two people on a moped opened fire on a group, striking the infant, who later died from her injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Police believe the child was not the intended target.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">A suspect, Amuri Greene, has been charged with murder, and another suspect has also been taken into custody, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;This tragedy has deeply shaken our community, and our hearts are heavy with grief,&#8221; organizers said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;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,&#8221; they added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from previous FOX 5 NY reporting and a community press release from local clergy organizations.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8211; A grieving Brooklyn community came together to honor a baby whose life was cut tragically&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,850,9,24,12,56,63,618],"class_list":{"0":"post-185857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185857","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=185857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}