Shocking NYC Shooting: Police Uncover Targeted Attack That Claimed Baby’s Life

The tragic death of a seven-month-old baby girl, who was shot in the head during a drive-by incident in New York City, has shaken the community. Authorities suspect that the child’s father was the intended target, according to sources within law enforcement.

On a Wednesday afternoon, as Jamari Patterson, 22, and Lianna Moore, 20, walked through Brooklyn with their children, Kaori and her brother Kaizen, their family outing took a horrific turn. Amidst the chaos, the family sought refuge in a nearby bodega, only for Moore to discover that her daughter’s head was bleeding, as captured by surveillance footage obtained by the New York Post.

In a scene of utter despair, Moore screamed in terror while Kaori’s father desperately carried his daughter to Woodhall Hospital, located seven blocks away, with her blood staining his hands.

Law enforcement officials believe that the bullet, which claimed young Kaori’s life, was meant for her father. Further investigations by the police, as confirmed by sources speaking to The New York Daily News, are exploring the possibility of gang involvement, a claim that Kaori’s mother has firmly denied.

Now, police sources are telling The Post that the stray bullet may have been intended for Kaori’s father. Additional sources confirmed to The New York Daily News that police were investigating whether the shooting was gang-related, which has been denied by Kaori’s mother. 

Patterson, an aspiring rapper, allegedly had complications with a crew from a rival housing project over social media, sources told The Post. 

Amuri Greene, 21, has been identified by police as the alleged shooter. He remains hospitalized after he flipped off the moped, which was crashed blocks from the crime scene. 

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she expects Greene to be charged with murder. The driver of the moped is still at large. 

Amuri Greene, 21, the alleged shooter, has been identified as a person of interest. The driver of the moped is still at large 

Horrific surveillance footage captured the moment Lianna Moore realized her seven-month-old baby had been shot dead by a stray bullet in Brooklyn on Wednesday 

Kaori Patterson Moore, seven months, was later declared dead at Woodhall Hospital 

Patterson lives at the Bushwick Houses public housing project while Greene is said to live at Marcy Houses, another public housing unit with a long-running feud with Bushwick Houses, sources told The Post. 

Police believe the shooting was gang-related and are investigating whether the shooter was aiming for Patterson, who is allegedly linked to the Money Over Everything gang, the New York Daily News reported.

Moore, however, denies that her fiancé has ties to gangs, writing on social media: ‘The police say anything to put things together fast to piece sum [sic] together.’ 

The mother-of-two said her ‘babies were always protected,’ and said the accusations are ‘insensitive and disturbing.’ 

‘God don’t like ugly,’ she wrote. ‘I’m grieving my baby girl, god has something for you cs [sic] ya ugly and disturbed mentally.’ 

The heartbroken mother posted a video of her holding a newborn Kaori in the hospital, writing: ‘My sweet, sweet baby, I don’t know what to dooooooo, bro. I don’t know what to do, you’re goneeeee, I can’t never get you back, I can’t never bring you back. 

‘I can’t hold you, you were my everything and more… I am brokennnnnn, I need you back [right now].’ 

The parents had been taking their kids to buy baby supplies when the shooting happened around 1.20pm. 

Police sources told the New York Post that her father, Jamari Patterson, was the intended target 

The family of four are grieving the loss of the little girl, with the girl’s mother Moore saying she’s broken after her daughter’s death 

Patterson carried Kaori to the hospital after the parents discovered she was bleeding

Kaori’s brother, Kaizen, was also injured. The bullet grazed his back after passing through his sister (pictured)

They had originally thought someone had set off fireworks, which had caused her son to hop out of the stroller. 

Moore would carry Kaizen into a nearby store. While comforting him, that’s when she noticed her daughter.  

‘My daughter was just there, laying there,’ she told the Daily News. ‘She was shot in the head. She was just bleeding. It was just too much.’ 

While at the hospital, it was discovered little Kaizen had also suffered from a bullet graze. The bullet had hit his back after passing through Kaori. It left a lump on his back. 

‘I want justice,’ Moore said. ‘They deserve to stay in jail, and they don’t deserve to come out after what they did to my baby, because I can’t get her back.’

Patterson, an aspiring rapper, allegedly had social media complications with a crew from a rival housing unit in Brooklyn 

Moore denied that her fiancé had any connection to a gang  

Baby Kaori just recently said ‘mama’ and had taken her first steps. Her parents had gotten engaged just three weeks before her passing. Now, she’s gone. 

A friend of Moore started a GoFundMe to help pay for the girl’s funeral expenses. The fundraiser has garnered more than $23,000 of its $45,000 goal. 

Kaori’s parents remember her as a happy, full of laughter, and innocent. 

‘She didn’t deserve that,’ Moore told the Daily News.