Boy, 8, killed, parents stabbed by knife-wielding brother who cops shot dead in NYC nightmare
A knife-wielding maniac was killed by police Thursday after he killed his 8-year-old brother and stabbed both his parents in a Queens apartment, police said.
Police were called to “an extremely small” unit inside 147-25 94th Ave. in Jamaica just before 5:30 p.m. after the bleeding mother ran outside “pleading for her life,” according to NYPD Chief John Chell.
Inside, officers found the 20-year-old perpetrator holding his father in a headlock over the kitchen sink with a knife to his throat, police and law enforcement sources said.
“They gave repeated commands, both in English and Spanish, to drop the knife. He did not. One officer fired one round, striking the target, saving that man’s life,” said Chell.
The family of four was rushed to the hospital, where the young boy and his killer brother succumbed to their injuries.
The mother, 29, and father, 43, are being treated for their wounds.
An 8-month-old infant who was also in the home was left unscathed in the bloodbath.
Police are still working to figure out whether the suspect and his young victim were brothers or stepbrothers, or how the “tragic and horrific event” unfolded.
The investigation is ongoing.
