NYPD releases images of three men wanted for questioning for the death of one-year-old Davell Gardner - who was shot dead sitting in his stroller at cookout
- NYPD has released photos and video of three men being sought for questioning in the shooting death of one-year-old Davell Gardner Jr.
- The family was having a cookout in front of Raymond Bush Playground in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in NYC when the baby was shot dead
- In July, the New York Police Department released the footage showing the moment two men opened fire and killed the baby
The NYPD has released photos and video of three men that are wanted for questioning in relation to the death of one-year-old Davell Gardner.
The baby was shot and killed in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn at the Raymond Bush Playground.
A gunman opened fire on July 12 during a cookout when Davell was shotin the stomach. He died later at Maimonides Medical Center.
The NYPD has released photos and video of three men that are wanted in relation to the death of one-year-old Davell Gardner
The baby was shot near the Raymond Bush Playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant on July 12 when a gunman opened fire on a cookout
This is the third photo of three men being sought for questioning in the shooting death
Three other men, aged 27, 35, and 36, were also wounded in the attack but suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
In newly released video from the NYPD, two men can be seen, one of whom has his face covered by a bandanna, looking at their phones.
In a second video, a man can be seen walking insider a building along with a case or speaker.
Little Davell was murdered while sitting in his stroller around 11:35pm.
The young New York City family had enjoyed a cookout with loved ones earlier in the day and were still at the park.
Video shows the men taking money out of an ATM machine
Another clip shows one of the men walking into an apartment block with a portable speaker
Suddenly, two men dressed in black approached the area, opened fire with a gun and quickly fled the scene as chaos ensued. The child's stroller was left behind at the scene.
Davell Gardner, one, was shot in the stomach and later died in hospital
Mayor Bill de Blasio later observed a moment of silence and declared himself 'heartbroken' over the boy's death, part of a recent surge of gun violence in the city.
'It's just horrifying,' de Blasio said at the time.
Three other men in the area at the time of the shooting were injured, but survived the incident.
No charges have been filed yet and local police have urged residents to come forward with information in the case to bring justice for Davell.
Last month, surveillance video was released that captured the incident.
The clip shows the two suspects running after four adults and pointing the weapons in their direction.
Last month, the New York Police Department has released footage of the moment two gunman opened fire in a Brooklyn neighborhood
The boy's grandma Samantha had earlier told The New York Daily News: 'So, when is it going to end? When are these young African American men, when are they going to stop with the shooting and the killing of all these innocent kids? It don’t make any sense.'
Calling Davell the 'joy' in her life, she added: 'They need to stop this gun violence. I feel like this: You all are ranting and raving about black lives. But you take a life that was only a year and half old. And it’s not fair.'
She added: 'I hope they catch the b******s and put them under the jail cell.'
Davell Gardner Jr. was in his stroller when two men fired and fled. Davell, who was hit in the abdomen, died at the hospital. Gardner Jr. pictured with his father, Davell Gardner Sr., right
Two men dressed in black parked outside Raymond Bush Playground in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York City on Sunday, July 12th when they opened fire
'The baby was with his family enjoying a Sunday night in the Summer when someone started shooting,' Chief Jeffrey Maddrey of the NYPD Chief of Community Affairs Bureau tweeted.
'Three people were injured and the baby was killed. This. Must. STOP! We as a community, we as a police department denounce this disgusting violence.'
'These are the very real people affected by senseless gun violence,' NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted as he asked anyone with information to contact police back in July.
Pictured: a prayer card at the funeral of Davell Gardner, Jr. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Shootings across New York City have increased by 82 percent year to date, and murders are up by 30 percent in another startling indication of how crime is taking over the city.
The NYPD released figures on Monday for the week of August 10 through August 16, which paint a worrying picture of how the situation in New York is growing increasingly hostile.
In the year to date, shootings are up 82.1 percent, murders are up 30.2 percent, burglaries are up 43.3 percent and car theft is up 58.7 percent.
This week compared to this week last year is even worse; shootings are up 142 percent, murders are up 40 percent, rape is up 11.1 percent and car theft is up 71.9 percent.
Year to date, crime is down by 2.7 percent but compared to this week last year, it is up by 2.0 percent.
As the crimes go up, the number of arrests being made are declining.
Year to date, they are down by 30 percent. When comparing this week to the same week last year, they are down by 50 percent.
In the last five years the number of shootings fell to a low of 754 in 2018, but is now rising
Shootings in New York City have nearly doubled in the past year, and there has been a nearly 30% increase in murders
In the past week, there have been 18 murders - up from 10 in the same time period last year, while car thefts have doubled and there have been 37 more shootings
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