A 1-year-old boy has died after he was fatally shot during a cookout at a Brooklyn park on Sunday night, the New York Daily News reports.
Police sources told the newspaper that the baby, identified as Davell Gardner, was in a stroller outside the Raymond Bush Playground at Madison Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Sunday night when a group of men existed an SUV and began shooting. The baby was hit in the stomach and transported to Maimonides Medical Center where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2:30 a.m. Monday.
The baby was reportedly two months shy of his second birthday.
UPDATE: Police tell me the child has been identified as Davell Gardner. He was 22 months old. @PIX11News https://t.co/LC09XJ3cXR
— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) July 13, 2020
Three other men in their 20s and 30s were injured in the shooting. Police reportedly said all three are expected to recover.
According to the report, police have not made any arrests. It is not yet known if any suspects have been identified.
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