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Eric Adams blames 'oversaturation of guns' after 20-year-old mother shot dead

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Eric Adams blames 'oversaturation of guns' after 20-year-old mother shot dead

New York mayor Eric Adams, has blamed the “oversaturation of guns” after a 20-year-old mother was shot dead while she was pushing her three-month-old toddler in a stroller.

Police said, the baby’s father has been identified as a person of interest in the fatal shooting

The 20-year-old victim, who has not been identified, was approached from behind by a hooded gunman at around 8.30pm on Wednesday (29 June) as she walked with her child near 95th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, police said.

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