A number of individuals had been slashed with a meat cleaver in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, together with a number of youngsters, earlier than the deranged attacker was shot by police, sources stated.
The violence erupted round 10 a.m. on 84th Road, when the person attacked a number of individuals, together with a lady and three women between the ages of 8 and 16, earlier than being stopped by the NYPD, the sources instructed The Put up.
“I used to be watching by the window and the lady lined in blood got here out,” stated a neighbor who requested to be recognized solely as Maria. “After which there was one other lady. The 2 women had been simply lined in blood.
“I used to be shaking. I’m nonetheless shaking now,” she stated. “I don’t normally see them. They only moved right here. I lived right here seven years and there are plenty of new individuals transferring right here.”
Disturbing photos from the scene obtained by The Put up present no less than one of many women outdoors the constructing lined in blood from head to toe — whereas the suspect is seen being wheeled out on a stretcher.
Cops responding to a 911 name opened hearth on the suspect after he ignored their orders to drop the knife, in line with the sources.
The suspect lunged on the cops with the weapon and was shot a number of instances, leaving him with life-threatening accidents.
“They introduced out a man on a stretcher, all bloody with out a shirt,” neighbor Humbert Huerta stated. “I don’t know who it was, however they shot him twice. They took him out and put him within the ambulance. In all probability 40 years outdated.”
The entire wounded had been rushed to Maimonides Medical Heart, the place no less than one teen is now in essential situation, the sources stated.
The sources stated the mom of no less than a number of the youngsters was not believed to be dwelling on the time of the incident.
State Assemblyman Lester Chang, who represents the Brooklyn neighborhood, stated one of many victims could also be a babysitter.
Police had been anticipated to carry a press convention on the scene on Sunday afternoon.
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