BENSONHURST, Brooklyn (WPIX) — A “heroic” 11-year-old referred to as the police after she and three different youngsters have been stabbed in Brooklyn, police mentioned.
The incident occurred round 10:15 a.m. at a house on 84th Avenue between sixteenth and seventeenth Avenues, in line with hearth officers. The 11-year-old, hiding in a room whereas calling 911, instructed police she and her three sisters, ages 8, 13, and 16, had been stabbed by their uncle, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned throughout a Sunday replace to reporters.
Tisch defined that when police arrived on the scene, they discovered a person holding a “giant meat cleaver lined in blood.”
One other unhurt baby had additionally gone to the neighbors for assist, then led police into the constructing once they arrived, Tisch mentioned. As soon as in a hallway, police may hear screams from behind a closed door.
Police kicked down the door to discover a “horrific,” bloody scene and the suspected attacker.
Officers instructed the person to drop his weapon a number of occasions earlier than two officers shot at him seven occasions, putting him no less than as soon as, Tisch mentioned. The suspected attacker, she added, was taken to an space hospital in vital situation.
In accordance with Tisch, all 4 ladies had “severe slash and stab wounds” and acquired care on scene earlier than being transported to an space hospital. They’re all anticipated to outlive.
“There was 5 youngsters in there, 4 harm and a younger man who so bravely went to the neighbors to alert the neighbors to name us. Additionally, that 11-year-old who made that [911] name –fairly heroic on their behalf,” Chief of Division John Chell mentioned Sunday.
Police discovered a second knife on the scene, whereas the person’s relationship with the ladies and the motive stay beneath investigation.
Members of the family instructed police the suspected attacker has a historical past of psychological sickness, however there is no such thing as a reported historical past of home violence on the residence, authorities mentioned. No further particulars have been instantly accessible.
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