Coney Island mass shooting may have been gang retaliation: They aimed for babies

The brazen gunman who launched a mass shooting at a July 4th family cookout on Coney Island “aimed for babies,” a victim’s mom told The Post — as police probed whether the violence was gang-related.Cops are still looking for the black-clad thug who pulled the trigger at the horrific Saturday night shooting, which left eight people wounded, including four youngsters, and traumatized a family whose celebration turned into tragedy.“They just didn’t care,” said Tiffany Williams, whose 21-year-old daughter was shot in the chest and left fighting for her life in a coma, referring to the criminals who caused the bloodshed.“They aimed for babies,’’ the mom said Sunday from the hospital.The youngest victims were a 6-year-old boy who was shot in the stomach and a 7-year-old boy and 12- and 14-year-old boys who were shot in the legs, police said.They are expected to survive.The senseless shooting came as friends and relatives gathered outside a Brooklyn building for an Independence Day celebration involving a family cookout in a gated area on West 30th Street and Surf Avenue.Everything changed shortly after 10:30 p.m.A lone gunman wearing all black and a black ski mask approached the group and fired at least 10 shots before fleeing, authorities said.“The next thing you know, we see people falling on the ground, running,” Williams said.

“Then I realize two of my daughters got shot.My two nephews, babies, innocent babies.

My cousin.“Innocent people that had nothing to do with nothing.Babies, and they was just shot.”NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters that the shooting may have been in retaliation for a fatal gang-related bullet spree on the same block earlier in the week.“There is no indication at this time that there was any argument or altercation at the barbecue before the shooting occurred,’’ she said.“Earlier this week, we had a confirmed gang-related homicide that occurred on the same block,’’ she said.

“We are look...