EAST WILLIAMSBURG — Amuri Greene of Brooklyn has been arraigned on an indictment in which he is charged with murder, assault and related counts.
The charges are in connection with a fatal shooting that killed a seven-month-old baby, Kaori Patterson-Moore, and wounded her two-year-old brother while they were being pushed in a stroller by another child on an East Williamsburg street.
According to the investigation, on April 1, 2026, at approximately 1:15 p.m., near the corner of Humboldt Street and Moore Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Rodriguez and Greene allegedly approached a group of adults and children gathered on the street.
Rodriguez was driving a moped with Greene as a passenger. Greene allegedly pulled out a handgun and fired multiple times into the crowd.
As a result of the shooting, a seven-month-old baby, Kaori Patterson-Moore, who was seated in a stroller, was struck in the head by a bullet and died from her injuries. Her two-year-old brother was grazed by a bullet in the back and survived.
The investigation revealed that the defendants fled the scene on the moped, which struck a vehicle while going the wrong way on a one-way street and crashed a few blocks from the scene of the shooting.
Greene was apprehended shortly thereafter, and Rodriguez was later arrested in Pennsylvania.
“On a beautiful spring day, this senseless act of gun violence took the life of an innocent baby, traumatized a family and shook an entire community,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said. “Little Kaori was killed, and her two-year-old brother was wounded — all because of a decision to settle a dispute with gunfire, with no regard for who might be harmed.”
Gonzalez noted that despite the shooting, homicides are at a record low.
Greene, 21, was arraigned before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun.
He is charged with three counts of second-degree murder, second-degree attempted murder, second-degree assault, two counts of first-degree criminal use of a firearm, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
He was ordered held without bail and to return to court on June 10, 2026. His co-defendant, Mathew Rodriguez, 18, of Brooklyn, was arraigned on the same indictment.
The case is being prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorneys Christopher Mirabella and Jonathan Visotzky, of the District Attorney’s Homicide Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Leila Rosini, Homicide Bureau Chief, and overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney Joseph Alexis, Chief of the District Attorney’s Trial Division.
