Police confirmed Monday that the 1-year-old boy who was shot in the stomach during a cookout in a Brooklyn park died of his injuries.
The baby, in addition to three men, was shot around 11:35 pm in front of the Raymond Bush Playground on Madison Street and Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police sources said.
Up to three suspects arrived in a dark-colored SUV and parked in front of the victims. They then jumped out of the vehicle and opened fire, the sources said.
The baby was rushed to the Maimonides Medical Center, where he was initially expected to survive. He was pronounced dead just after 2:30 a.m., according to sources.
His name was not immediately released by the police.
The three men, 27, 35 and 36, were also hospitalized and are expected to survive, sources and police said. They were shot in the ankle, groin and leg, respectively.
The shooting came amid a recent surge in shooting across the city.
Also on Sunday night, two boys, ages 12 and 15, were injured in separate shootings in Brooklyn and Harlem.
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