Police say the incident happened on Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street around 8:25 p.m. Wednesday. The 20-year-old victim was pushing a 3-month-old baby in a stroller when a man, wearing an all-black hooded sweatshirt and sweatshirt, climbed from behind and shot the woman in the head. A 10-year-old who witnessed the murder told Eyewitness News that it was a single shot. “I just heard a huge noise. There was only one, but it was extremely loud, like ‘Boom!’” Said the child. “I saw a lot of people running and then I saw a few people. Like, I saw a woman down there, she fell. And at first I thought, “is it okay?” “And then I saw people calling 911 and police getting up.” The woman was taken to Metropolitan Hospital, where she died about an hour later. Police say the baby was also rushed to hospital but suffered nothing. The perpetrator fled the scene, traveling east on East 95th Street. New York Mayor Eric Adams spoke at the scene after spending the day spreading guns on the city streets. “When a mother pushes a stroller under the block and is shot at a distance, it shows how this national problem affects families,” Adams said. “We will find this person guilty of this horrible crime. We will find him and bring him to justice.” No arrests have been made so far. The police ask for the help of the public to locate the perpetrator. Call the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit tips by visiting the CrimeStoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by sending a message to Twitter @NYPDTips. READ ALSO Husband says woman ‘scared’ after brutal subway attack in Queens ———- * Receive eyewitness news * More news from Manhattan* Send us a news tip* Download the abc7NY application for emergency notifications * Follow us on YouTube

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