Overview
- Police say the child in a stroller was hit on a busy Williamsburg sidewalk Tuesday after two men rode up on a motor scooter and the passenger fired at least two shots.
- The infant was pronounced dead at a hospital.
- After the gunfire, the scooter crashed into a nearby car, injuring one man who is now in custody as police determine whether he was the shooter.
- Detectives seized the scooter, are reviewing video from the area, have not recovered the firearm, and are searching for a second suspect who fled.
- Officials say the baby appears to have been an unintended victim, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the killing as part of a broader crisis of gun violence.