Crime & Safety
Boy, 8, Killed, 2 Injured In Fatal NYC Stabbing: NYPD
The 8-year-old boy was found dead inside the apartment, and a 29-year-old woman was stabbed in the back, police said.
NEW YORK CITY — A 8-year-old boy was killed, and his two parents were left injured in a triple stabbing in Queens Thursday evening, police said.
At around 5:30 p.m., officers responded to an apartment building on 94th Avenue in Jamaica after a 29-year-old woman who had been stabbed in the back ran out and asked for help, NYPD officials said.
When officers arrived at the fifth floor apartment and found a 20-year-old man holding his 43-year-old father in a headlock with a knife to his neck, NYPD Chief John Chell said at a press conference Thursday.
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The officers told the suspect to drop the knife in English and Spanish to no avail. An officer then fired one round at the suspect, killing him, Chell said.
The 8-year-old boy was found dead inside the apartment, and police have not released more information on how he died.
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The woman and the 43-year-old man were taken to a local hospital for their respective stab wounds.
An 8-month-old baby inside the apartment was left unharmed during the incident, police said.
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