NYPD on Friday arrested another suspect in the slaying of a 7-month-old baby in Brooklyn earlier this week, bringing the total number of arrests to two.
The suspected shooter, identified as Amuri Greene, was arrested shortly after the shooting that killed 7-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore on a Brooklyn street Wednesday afternoon.
On Friday, the NYPD also arrested another suspect — Matthew Rodriguez — in a joint operation with U.S. Marshals.
Here’s everything you need to know about the two suspects.
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Who is Amuri Greene?
Brooklyn resident Amuri Greene, 21, was arrested Thursday afternoon after a moped used in a drive-through crashed into a car, ejecting both Greene and the driver from the vehicle.
The 21-year-old was subsequently arrested and hospitalized in police custody, while the moped driver fled.
Greene was charged Friday with murder and other crimes, but pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday night. The 21-year-old man was being held without bail.
According to court documents seen by the AP, Greene told police he wasn’t trying to hurt the child but was targeting another person in the crowd during the shootout.
Greene’s attorney, Jay Schwitzman, also said after the court hearing that he would conduct an “independent and thorough investigation into the facts and circumstances of this tragic incident.”
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Who is Matthew Rodriguez?
A second suspect in the incident, 18-year-old Matthew Rodriguez, was arrested Friday, but details about his role are scarce.
No charges have yet been filed against Rodriguez, and it is unclear whether the 18-year-old was the driver of the moped during the drive-by.
The AP reported that police did not have information on how Greene and Rodriguez might have known each other.
It is also not known where Rodriguez lives.
Tragedy in New York
Friday’s development comes two days after seven-month-old Kaori Patterson-Moore was struck by a stray bullet on a Brooklyn sidewalk.
A seven-month-old baby was in her stroller when two men on a moped drove off and fired into a group of people on a street corner, hitting the baby in the head and killing her.
According to Kaori’s mother, Lianna Charles-Moore, her two-year-old son was also hit by a bullet as tragedy struck the family.
Following the incident, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch expressed grief and outrage.
“We cannot accept this violence as normal. Too many families have suffered this pain,” Mamdani wrote on X, describing the incident as an “unthinkable loss”.
“This is a terrible day in our city, a tragedy that really shocks the conscience,” Tisch was quoted by the AP as saying at a briefing Wednesday.
