NEW YORK (AP) — A person killed 4 kinfolk, together with two kids, in a knife assault at their Queens house early Sunday, then set the constructing on fireplace and stabbed two cops earlier than one in every of them fatally shot him, officers mentioned.
The rampage came about earlier than daybreak at a home in Far Rockaway, a seaside part of Queens.
Police have been summoned to the house at about 5:10 a.m. when a “younger feminine caller” dialed 911 and mentioned her cousin was killing her household, the NYPD Chief of Division Jeffrey Maddrey mentioned at a morning information briefing.
When the officers pulled as much as the driveway, they stopped a person leaving the world with baggage and after just some seconds, he drew a knife and attacked.
One of many officers was stabbed within the space of his neck and chest, the opposite was slashed within the head earlier than one in every of them shot the assailant, Maddrey mentioned.
An 11-year outdated woman was present in entrance of the home and brought to a hospital, the place she was later pronounced useless from stab wounds.
Police weren’t instantly in a position to enter the house due to a hearth that consumed the lounge and lobby, however as soon as inside they discovered three extra individuals fatally stabbed; a 12-year-old boy, a 44-year-old girl and a person in his 30s.
One other girl, 61, was gravely injured within the assault. She is in crucial situation affected by a number of stab wounds.
Each injured cops are anticipated to recuperate.
Cellphone messages left with attainable neighbors of the household weren’t instantly returned.
The suspect was recognized as Courtney Gordon, 38, who police mentioned had been visiting the household from his house within the Bronx. The identities of his victims weren’t instantly disclosed.
“This scene was chaos. A number of victims, a home on fireplace, and a madman on a rampage, on a mission,” Patrick Hendry, the top of the New York Police Division’s police union, mentioned on the media briefing.
“The talent that this police officer had taking pictures and stopping the menace after he was being stabbed. Unbelievable talent,” he mentioned.
The deadly assault got here per week after one other knife rampage within the Bronx that took three lives. Police mentioned a university scholar who had been “listening to voices” killed his father, his 5-year-old half-brother and the little boy’s mom.
