On April 1, 2026, 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore was killed by a stray bullet in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The infant was in her stroller when gunfire erupted; her mother had gone into a nearby store to seek refuge and found her daughter bleeding. Kaori’s father took her to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the head. The same volley of gunfire grazed Kaori’s 2-year-old brother, who was also in the stroller.

Investigators treated the shooting as likely gang-related and concluded the family was not the intended target. Two suspects were identified: 21-year-old Amuri Greene and 18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez. Authorities allege Rodriguez was driving a moped with Greene as a passenger and that Greene fired the fatal shot into a crowd. The pair reportedly tried to flee, drove the wrong way down a one-way street and crashed into a vehicle; Greene was taken into custody shortly after the crash and Rodriguez was later arrested in Pennsylvania.

Both suspects have been charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder, assault and endangering the welfare of a child; they have pleaded not guilty and are being held without bail. The neighborhood has mourned Kaori with vigils and a funeral where a tiny pink casket was carried by a horse-drawn carriage. If anyone witnessed the shooting or knew the family, can you share information that might help the investigation?