A bloody meat cleaver and kitchen knife have been recovered on the scene of a Brooklyn residence on Sunday morning the place a person was accused of slashing and stabbing 4 younger women, police officers mentioned at a press convention.
The person, 49 years previous, allegedly used each sharp instruments as weapons in opposition to the ladies, ages eight to 16, on the household residence in Bensonhurst. Legislation enforcement sources say the suspect, Longqian Chen, was the daddy to the eldest sufferer and uncle to the opposite three women.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned one of many women, 11, managed to sneak away and name 911 round 10:15 a.m. to report that she and her siblings had been stabbed by their uncle.
Police rushed to the house on 84th Road and have been let inside by a younger boy not injured within the bloody melee. The officers may hear screams from behind a door and kicked it down to search out the suspect holding the meat cleaver coated in blood, in response to Tisch.
The 2 officers repeatedly ordered the person to drop the weapon earlier than firing seven rounds on the man, hanging him a number of occasions, the commissioner mentioned. The taking pictures was recorded on their bodyworn cameras, she added.
The suspect and 4 women, ages 8, 11, 13 and 16, have been all taken to close by hospitals to be handled. The person was mentioned to be in essential situation.
Police consider the person could be the uncle to the ladies, however they have been nonetheless working to find out the relationships between all the individuals dwelling on the Bensonhurst residence. A motive, officers mentioned, was nonetheless beneath investigation.
In line with relations, the 49-year-old man has a historical past of psychological sickness, officers mentioned on the press convention. There was no prior historical past of home violence on the deal with, nevertheless, they added.
Two of the responding officers have been being handled for tinnitus, sources mentioned.
This story is growing.
