Too focused on guns and not enough on criminal responsibilities

June 30, 2022

Another shocking random killing in Manhattan, and Eric Adams blames the gun

By Monica Showalter

In New York, there's a lot of horror at a seemingly random killing of a 20-year-old woman pushing a baby stroller with her three-month-old infant on an Upper East Side street.

According to CBS News:

A 20-year-old woman died after being shot in the head while pushing her 3-month-old in a stroller in Manhattan's Upper East Side Wednesday night. The toddler [sic] wasn't injured. 

New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in a news conference that the victim was pushing the stroller when a man approached from behind and "fired a single shot into her head from a very close range," then fled.

The victim was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead about an hour later, Sewell said. Her name wasn't immediately released.

The suspect remains at large. There was no word on a possible motive.