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Antiq Hennis, one, was shot in the face as gunfire rang out in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn at 19:20 on Sunday evening (23:20 GMT).
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the target had been the boy's father.
The boy's parents went with him to hospital where he was declared dead from a gunshot wound to the left side of his face.
Witness Gina Gamboa, 23, told the New York Post: "I heard three to four shots.
"I saw a man with a stroller screaming: 'My baby got shot! My baby got shot!' He was going crazy."
A flyer bearing an image of Antiq Hennis outside apartments in Brownsville, Brooklyn
The gunfire left four bullet casings on the corner and bullet holes in the pushchair, Commissioner Kelly told reporters on Monday.
"We have some leads, and those leads are being aggressively followed," he said.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the killing was "a tragedy for his family, for this community, for the entire city".
City Councilman Charles Barron told the New York Daily News: "The child didn't even get a chance to start his life, and now it's over."
It is not the first time this year that a baby in a pushchair has been shot dead in the US.
On Friday, an 18-year-old man in the state of Georgia was convicted of murdering 13-month-old Antonio Santiago after the child's mother refused to hand over her purse.
New York's Brooklyn area has gentrified in recent years, becoming a cultural heartland of "cool", as Manhattan's high living costs drove hip, young trendsetters across the East River.
But the borough's eastern Brownsville district, home to some of the highest concentration of public housing in the US, has a reputation as one of the city's most dangerous neighbourhoods.
For whatever reason.. Who the hell will harm an innocent baby... That's sick.Probably wasn't intended to hit the baby, but still did, some jack ass..
'merica.Aha.
This is when you give guns to people that are total idiotsNo no, thats what happens when a WHOLE FREAKING COUNTRY (Well union in the USA's case) is allowed to get hold of guns like a pint of milk from the corner shop.
'merica.
Today in the newspaper(India) i read that some guy broke into a family's house, stole the baby and threw him into the chulha(A kind of a stove).
Turns out, he was the mother's dad. Didnt approve of the marriage..
PS: He got away with it too...
What about the hatchet guys in the UK, or the Cumbria shootings, or the Norwegian extremist? Should we stereotype stuffs that happens over there as well?
That's tragic, really.& Pathetic.
Seriously, this whole 'murica stereotype should stop every time something tragic happens.
Seriously, this whole 'murica stereotype should stop every time something tragic happens. What about the hatchet guys in the UK, or the Cumbria shootings, or the Norwegian extremist? Should we stereotype stuffs that happens over there as well?The stereotype will go on as long as guns are so easy to come by. (Probably will never end).
It's all fun and games until something tragic happens, and that is when we stop and think about it.... not make fun of it.
No. It's the truth.
'merica.
OKAY! now shut the living f**k up! so the f**king goverment is at fault that somebody went f**king inssane and shot A BABY!? OH LOOK A BABY WAS SHOT! LETS BLAME AMERICANS! well guess what, jihad bombers are muslims, f**k SERBIA, f**k BALKAN! JIHADS! .... SO f**k OFF WITH 'MURICA BULLSHIT!
OKAY! now shut the living f**k up! so the f**king goverment is at fault that somebody went f**king inssane and shot A BABY!? OH LOOK A BABY WAS SHOT! LETS BLAME AMERICANS! well guess what, jihad bombers are muslims, f**k SERBIA, f**k BALKAN! JIHADS! .... SO f**k OFF WITH 'MURICA BULLSHIT!That was a polite reply.
Hundreds of babies daily get killed in Syria but nobody gives a f**k, now one baby gets murdered in New York and everybody loses his mind... Like, come on.
The stereotype will go on as long as guns are so easy to come by. (Probably will never end).
You mentioned shootings like Norway. Guns are not easy to get in Norway. He prepared the attack intensely. Also are you seriously comparing hatchets to automatic assault rifles, pistols and so on? lol.
Your logic contradicts itself. "Guns are not easy to get in Norway" yet it still happened. "The stereotype will go on as long as guns are so easy to come by." If guns are so hard to get in Norway then how did something so tragic happen? Surely banning guns in the US will stop gun crime outright.What?
I feel truly sorry for the parents of the baby and the baby himself, the murderer should get life imprisonment, but let's be honest..I agree with you... But... yah kno'.... 'Murrica.... Responsible for killing MILLIONS, yet its so dearly beloved by brainwashed people, having such a nice government and all.. :)
Hundreds of babies daily get killed in Syria but nobody gives a f**k, now one baby gets murdered in New York and everybody loses his mind... Like, come on.
What?Answer me this:
"Yet it still happened".
Yes, guns are not easy at all to come by in Norway, but it's not impossible.
Breivik didn't just go to a store to get his weaponry. He planned it a long time ahead to have the tools necessary.
The American stereotype when someone gets killed will always go on because everyone knows it's easy to get lethal weaponry.
And no, banning guns will not stop gun crime. It's way too late for that.
Answer me this:No, not at all.
If America bans ALL guns and destroys EVERY legal gun out there, do you really think guns will be hard to come by?
It's way too late for that.
Until you realize America is FAR different than any other country, your points will always be invalid.This.
That's what happens when monkeys like this perpetrator, (not because of their color but because of their behavior), are allowed to roam freely and end a life at any moment for no reason.
Though thinking twice, monkeys don't deserve to be put in the same sack with human beings.
At least it was a child. Greatful that it wasn't someone who had been living his life yet. :-(Yeah, great way to put it.
At least it was a child. Greatful that it wasn't someone who had been living his life yet. :-(Thats an oddly understandable way of putting it actually. =\
Well... what if it would be a great man later in life inventing revolutionary things?