纽约市当局表示，周三下午，当两个人骑着轻便摩托车驶过繁忙的布鲁克林街角，其中一人开枪时，一名7个月大的女婴在婴儿车中被枪杀。
纽约市警察局长杰西卡·蒂施(Jessica Tisch)在周三下午的新闻发布会上告诉记者，其中一名嫌疑人已被拘留，并作为一项无关调查的一部分。
Tisch说，另一名嫌疑人是“大规模NYPD搜捕”的对象。
据警方称，枪击事件发生在下午1点20分左右，地点在东威廉斯堡地区的洪堡街和摩尔街的拐角处。
Tisch说，当两个男性骑着一辆轻便摩托车接近十字路口时，几个成年人，包括两个推着婴儿车的人和其他几个孩子，都在附近。Tisch援引监控录像告诉记者，摩托车上的后排乘客掏出枪，朝角落开了至少两枪。
“今天，我们的城市遭受了一场可怕的、毫无意义的悲剧:一名7个月大的婴儿被推着婴儿车在布鲁克林繁忙的人行道上行走，在光天化日之下被枪杀，”警察局长说。
婴儿被送往医院，在那里她被宣布死亡。
警方称，枪击发生后，两名嫌疑人在两个街区外与一辆迎面而来的汽车相撞。两个人都被从机动自行车上甩了下来。Tisch说，符合枪手描述的后排乘客被送往医院，并被警方拘留。
另一名乘客逃走了，但警察后来找到了那辆摩托车。
Tisch说，警方认为枪击事件与帮派活动有关，但不确定枪击的目标是谁。
纽约市长佐兰·马姆达尼(Zohran Mamdani)称这起枪击事件是对打击枪支暴力工作的“毁灭性提醒”。
“一个刚刚开始的生命瞬间就被夺走了，”玛姆达尼说。"没有任何语言可以抚平这个家庭现在的心碎。"
'Senseless': 7-month-old baby in stroller killed in New York City shooting, police say
A 7-month-old baby girl in a stroller was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon when two people on a moped drove past a busy Brooklyn street corner and one of them opened fire, New York City authorities said.
One of the suspects is in custody and being held as part of an unrelated investigation, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
The other suspect is the subject of a "massive NYPD manhunt," Tisch said.
The shooting was reported at about 1:20 p.m. on the corner of Humboldt and Moore streets in the East Williamsburg area, according to police.
Several adults, including two people with strollers, and several other children, were nearby when two males approached the intersection on a moped, Tisch said. The rear passenger on the moped pulled out a gun and fired at least two shots toward the corner, Tisch told reporters, citing surveillance video.
"Today our city suffered a horrifying, senseless tragedy: a 7-month-old child being pushed in a stroller along a busy Brooklyn sidewalk was shot and killed in broad daylight," the police commissioner said.
The baby was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
After the shooting, the two suspects collided with an oncoming car about two blocks away, police said. Both men were thrown from the moped. The rear passenger, who fits the description of the shooter, was taken to the hospital and is in police custody, Tisch said.
The other passenger took off, but police later located the moped.
Police believe the shooting is connected to gang activity but aren't sure who the intended target of the shooting was, Tisch said.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the shooting a "devastating reminder" of the work that remains to be done to combat gun violence.
"A life that had barely begun was taken in an instant," Mamdani said. "There are no words that can mend the heartbreak this family is feeling now."
