New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) condemned the fatal shooting of a 7-month-old girl in Brooklyn as an “unthinkable loss” and “heinous murder” in a statement on X.
Mamdani's platitudinous remarks thanked the police for their response to the tragedy and said the violence is completely unacceptable. It comes after a 7-month-old baby girl, Kaori Patterson-Moore, was horrifically shot dead in her stroller by a stray bullet while her parents were walking with her in Brooklyn.
"A 7-month-old baby was shot and killed today in Brooklyn — an unthinkable loss," he wrote on X. "I’m grateful for the hospital staff who did everything they could and the NYPD for their ongoing work to find those responsible for this heinous murder."
"We cannot accept this violence as normal. Too many families have suffered this pain."
During a press conference alongside NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Mamdani blamed the gun for killing Kaori.
"A life that had barely begun was taken in an instant," he lamented. "Today is a devastating reminder of how much more work there is to be done to combat gun violence across this city."
A 7-month-old baby was shot and killed today in Brooklyn — an unthinkable loss.
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) April 1, 2026
I’m grateful for the hospital staff who did everything they could and the NYPD for their ongoing work to find those responsible for this heinous murder.
We cannot accept this violence as normal. Too…
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This is a subtly wild statement from a guy who openly despises the police and has pushed to dismantle gang-tracking tools. Especially when you consider that, contrary to Mamdani defining the culprit as the gun, Tisch countered by revealing the baby was likely the unintended victim of a gang-related shooting.
Followers on X weren't thrilled that the defund-the-police-adjacent mayor seemed shocked that such a crime took place in the crime-ridden cesspool of the city that never sleeps. A city (and state) that swiftly puts violent criminals back on the streets, whether or not they have a lengthy rap sheet.
"Maybe if crazy leftist prosecutors would stop letting criminals go free because of equity or racism or whatever, that wouldn’t be the case, Zohran," PolitiBunny, from our sister site Twitchy, fired back.
"We should focus on the family’s loss today," added Jim Walden, a former independent candidate for mayor. "But every time you now 'thank NYPD,' it burns my blood after you spent your career attacking them and coddling criminals."
"You really should be ashamed of yourself, (mayor). But we all know you still hate police and policing and would dine with this vile criminal if you could get away with it, politically."
Another critic added, "Your soft-on-crime policies and liberal judges who release repeat offenders cause this!"
Get rid of some more cops. Seems to be working. Dumbass.
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) April 2, 2026
If you're assuming Mamdani will engage in some sort of self-reflection and pivot to being tougher on crime, you'll be holding your breath for a while. Remember, this is a man who once claimed that "violence is an artificial construction."
With people, anyway. Criminals. Not inanimate guns. They are super-violent.
Zohran Mamdani on why he wants to empty jails: "VioIence is an artificial construct" pic.twitter.com/N4G7jSmEDX
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 26, 2025
A very violent, very authentic, and real gang-affiliated criminal killed an innocent baby resting in a stroller, Zohran. Her blood ran on the streets on which you seek to handcuff the police more than the animals roaming the city.
Mamdani was an early vocal supporter of the “defund the police” movement. In tweets and statements, he called the NYPD:
- "Racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety."
- A “wicked and corrupt” institution.
- Explicitly demanded to “Defund it. Dismantle it.”
We don't need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety.
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) June 29, 2020
What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD.
But your deal with @NYCMayor uses budget tricks to keep as many cops as possible on the beat.
NO to fake cuts - defund the police. https://t.co/2RCXU8heg2
Mamdani has long targeted the NYPD’s Criminal Group Database (commonly called the gang database), which tracks suspected members and affiliates. It has been credited by Commissioner Tisch with aiding dozens of gang takedowns, retaliatory violence prevention, and hundreds of arrests in 2025 alone.
He has described the database as a “vast dragnet” that disproportionately ensnares young people of color with tenuous connections to gangs, and supported City Council legislation to abolish it outright.
Now, just months into his tenure, Mamdani has doubled down by revoking an executive order that allowed federal monitoring of gangs like Tren de Aragua at Rikers Island, strengthened sanctuary protections, and proposed to cancel the hiring of 5,000 additional NYPD officers while cutting the department’s budget — all while the streets he now owns continue to see the deadly results of weakened enforcement.
The mayor's statement may sound compassionate on the surface, but it comes from a man who built his career attacking the NYPD and trying to dismantle the tools they use that could have saved Kaori's life.
Editor’s Note: New York City is now facing the consequences of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist takeover.
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