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NEW YORK (AP) — Police shot a meat cleaver-wielding man who
apparently slashed and stabbed four of his young female
relatives during a bloody rampage inside a Brooklyn home on
Sunday morning, officials said.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the four
girls — ages 16, 13, 11 and 8 — had serious stab and slash
wounds but are expected to survive.
Tisch said the 11-year-old victim called police around 10:15
a.m. to alert authorities that she and her siblings had been
attacked by their uncle. Officers heard screams after they
arrived at the home in southern Brooklyn and were met near an
entrance by the suspect, who was holding a blood-covered meat
cleaver and ignored several calls to drop the weapon.
Two officers, who could see blood on the floor and walls of the
home, shot the man after he began to advance toward them, Tisch
said.
A police spokesman said the 49-year-old suspect has been
hospitalized.
Police found a bloody knife, in addition to the meat cleaver, in
the home. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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