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A mother shot on New York Street was targeted: Source

Wednesday nightNew York CityA 20-year-old woman is deadly while pushing a three-month-old baby into a stroller on the Upper East Side. I was shot in the head. , Police sources said.

The killings appear to be targeted, police sources told ABC News.

According to police sources, the victim sent a text message to her relatives that she would meet her baby's father "to solve the problem" before being shot dead.

Police want to talk to the baby's father, but have not named him as a suspect, sources said.

PHOTO: A 20-year-old woman was killed after she was shot in the head while pushing a baby stroller on Manhattan's Upper East Side, June 29, 2022, in New York City.

A 20-year-old woman was killed after being shot in the head in 2022 On June 29, push a stroller on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.

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An unidentified woman has a baby The stroller on Lexington Avenue and East 95th Street that I was pushing was around 8:25 pm. Police said when a man in a black hooded sweatshirt came from behind her and shot her in the head.

Police said her stranger approached her and fired a shot at her close range. The suspect quickly ran away on foot, police said.

The baby was unharmed, police said.

No arrests have been made.

PHOTO: A 20-year-old woman was killed after she was shot in the head while pushing a baby stroller on Manhattan's Upper East Side, June 29, 2022, in New York City.

A 20-year-old woman was killed after being shot in the head in 2022 On June 29, push a stroller on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.

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New York Mayor Eric Adams says "I strongly believe it wasn't a random shooting," he added on Thursday, adding "to catch the person in charge."

Detectives are looking up previous addresses in Brooklyn and Staten Island, but believe the victims lived in a women's shelter in East Harlem, sources said.

This shooting was after theSupreme Court invalidated New York'slaw and restricted the concealment of pistols in public to only those with "just cause". It was done in less than a week.

Adams tweeted overnight, "If you have more guns in our city, you'll lose your life. It means babies crying because their loved ones are dead. It means more. We can't allow this epidemic to continue to kill us. "

Will Gretsky of ABC News contributed to this report.