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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

Person of interest identified in shooting of mother in Upper East Side as domestic violence motive probed

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A person of interest has been identified in the execution-style murder of a mother pushing her three-month-old baby in a stroller through the Upper East Side on Wednesday night, with police now probing domestic violence as a possible motive.

New York City Council Member Julia Menin, whose district covers the area where the shooting took place, announced the update on Twitter on Thursday – just hours after the brutal killing sent shockwaves through the affluent Manhattan neighbourhood and officials blamed the “over-proliferation” of guns in the city.

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