11-Month-Old Baby Shot In Bronx, Mayor Says

THE BRONX, NY — An 11-month-old baby girl was shot in the face just a few days before her first birthday, police said.

The baby was shot in the cheek while sitting in a parked car near East 19th Street and Valentine about 6:50 p.m., said Deputy Chief Timothy McCormack at a press conference.

McCormack said, "The officers found a mother holding her 11-month old baby."

Mayor Eric Adams tweeted a photo of himself being briefed by police, standing near a small pink puffy jacket stained red.

"If that's not a wake up call,"Adams wrote, "I don’t know what is."

The baby was shot by a man who'd been chasing another down Valentine Avenue then jumped into a car and sped away, police said. They are offering a $3,500 reward to anyone who can identify the suspect.

The baby was intubated at St. Barnabas Hospital and kept in critical but serious condition at Cornell Medical Center, police said Wednesday night.

Update: The baby's mother returned from the hospital Thursday with hopeful words for the New York Post reporters waiting outside her door: “She’s stable,” Miraida Gomez, 32, reportedly said of her daughter Catherine. “She’s going to be OK."