April 8, 2026 BROOKLYN, NY The wheels of justice are finally turning for little Kaori Patterson-Moore, the 7-month-old infant whose life was snuffed out by a stray bullet in broad daylight. On Tuesday, a Brooklyn grand jury indicted the two young men allegedly behind the handle bars and the trigger of the moped that brought terror to the streets of Bushwick.

The Faces of the Tragedy

Amuri Greene, 21, the alleged shooter, was a no-show in Brooklyn Criminal Court on April 7. His attorney waived his appearance, a move Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez suggested was due to the "notability"—or perhaps the sheer infamy—of the case. Greene remains behind bars awaiting arraignment.

His alleged accomplice, 18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez, didn't stick around to face the music. He fled to Pennsylvania shortly after the April 1 shooting but is currently being processed for extradition. He’s expected back in the "Big Apple" by next week to face the charges.

“What makes this case so devastating is not only was a 7-month-old girl stolen from us, but she was not the intended target,” DA Gonzalez said. “She was in her stroller with her two-year-old baby brother.”

A Father’s Nightmare

The details of that afternoon are enough to break the toughest heart. At 1:20 p.m., as the family walked near Humboldt and Moore Streets, shots rang out from the back of a moped. The bullet struck baby Kaori in the face. In the chaos, the parents didn't even realize the horror had occurred until they reached a nearby deli.

What followed was a desperate, screaming dash to Woodhull Hospital. Witnesses described a father’s primal agony, begging doctors to "Save my baby!" while the mother’s screams echoed through the halls.

The Investigation: Was the Father the Target?

Rumors have swirled that the gunmen were aiming for the baby’s father. DA Gonzalez hasn't confirmed that yet, though he admitted the father was in the crowd the shooter was aiming for.

“We know that he was intending to shoot at a person in that crowd... I don’t think it’s completely 100% clear to me that they knew who he was,” Gonzalez stated.

A Family Destroyed

While the legal case moves forward, the emotional wreckage is permanent

• The Grandmother: Linda Oyinkonyan, who was teaching when she got the call, described the moment she "blacked out" upon hearing a bullet had gone through her granddaughter’s head.

• The Brother: Kaori’s two-year-old brother was grazed by the same bullet that killed his sister. While his physical wounds are healing, he is reportedly asking for his sister constantly, haunted by the trauma of that afternoon.

The Grim Reality of NYC Violence

This tragedy adds another statistic to a city struggling with moped-based crime and gun violence. In New York City, while overall shooting incidents have seen fluctuations, the demographic impact remains stark. According to 2024 and 2025 NYPD crime data trends, Black New Yorkers continue to be disproportionately affected by gun violence, accounting for approximately 68% of shooting victims, despite making up roughly 20% of the city's population.

For the Patterson-Moore family, those numbers aren't data—they are a life sentence of grief.

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