Violence Has to Stop After One-Year-Old Shot Dead, NYC Mayor Says

Police ballistic markers stand beside a child's bicycle at a crime scene where a 1-year-old child was shot and killed in Brooklyn, New York City, N.Y., on July 13, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the shooting of a 1-year-old at a playground over the weekend isn’t acceptable.

“To wake up this morning and learn that a 1-year-old child was killed on the streets of our city by gunfire is just so painful. It’s not acceptable. It is not something we can ever look away from. It’s something we have to address and stop and it’s just horrifying,” the mayor said at a press conference on Monday.