A 7-month-old baby girl was killed by a stray bullet in Brooklyn, with initial investigations linking the incident to conflicts within the street rap scene between rival groups in public housing.

Law enforcement sources stated that the suspect, 21-year-old Amuri Greene, targeted the baby’s father — rapper Jamari Patterson — when he opened fire into a crowd, leading to the death of Kaori Patterson-Moore.

The incident occurred while the family was near the intersection of Humboldt and Moore. During the chaos, the mother carried her children and ran into a nearby store before discovering her daughter had been hit.

Surveillance footage shows the suspect on a motorcycle, firing from behind, resulting in the baby’s death and injuries to her 2-year-old brother.

According to the New York Police Department, the incident is linked to a rivalry between groups at Marcy Houses and Bushwick Houses — areas with long-standing tensions in the drill rap scene. Homicides involving children in the city always spark public sorrow, much like the recent case of a baby boy dying from fentanyl at a New York daycare.

Police said Patterson has ties to several individuals in the group “Money Over Everything (MOE),” but he is not officially listed on a criminal gang database.

Sources suggest that violent song lyrics may have led the suspect and his group to target Patterson, even though the song had been posted some time ago.

Suspect Greene has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Accomplice Matthew Rodriguez was arrested in Pennsylvania, where authorities had also previously handled a stray bullet case that injured two people in a supermarket shooting; he is currently awaiting extradition to New York for trial.

The victim’s family has denied any gang affiliation, asserting that the father is not involved in criminal activities and has been striving to turn his life around.

The funeral for Kaori Patterson-Moore is scheduled to take place in Brooklyn later today.

The incident continues to shock the public regarding gun violence and the impact of conflicts within street rap culture. The danger of gun attacks targeting artists is not unfamiliar, as seen in the previous arrest of a suspect who fired shots at singer Rihanna’s home.

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