Brooklyn mother dies after hammer attack in apartment while her two children are in critical condition
- The assailant, who knew the victims, got into a fight with the mother and knocked her and the children down, according to NYPD Chief of Police John Chell.
- A suspect, who has also not yet been identified, was taken into custody by authorities outside the apartment complex
- Chell said the arrested man lives in the same apartment with his 9-year-old son, subletting one room while the woman and her two children live in another.
A woman was beaten to death — and her two children hospitalized with life-threatening injuries — after a hammer attack at a Brooklyn apartment on Thursday, police said.
The 43-year-old mother, who has not yet been identified, was with her two children, ages five and three, at the home on 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
They were attacked just before 2 p.m. in their second-floor apartment, police said.
The assailant, who knew the victims, got into a fight with the mother and knocked her and the children down with a hammer, NYPD Chief of Police John Chell said. NBC New York.
An unknown suspect was arrested outside the apartment complex.
A woman was beaten to death on Thursday — and her two children were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries — following a hammer attack in a Brooklyn apartment, police said
The suspect was taken to a nearby police station for questioning by police. No charges have been filed against the attacker, as Chell described the blitz as “brutal.”
The official also called the attack a “heinous and senseless act of violence.”
Chell said the arrested man lives in the same apartment with his 9-year-old son, subletting one room, while the woman and her two children live in a separate room. Police say they do not believe the families are related.
New York State Senator Iwen Chu said the 9-year-old has probably been through it all.
The victims were taken to a hospital for treatment and the mother was eventually pronounced dead.
The children are still in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Police also recovered the hammer used in the attack.
The 43-year-old mother, who has not yet been identified, was with her two children, ages five and three, at the residence on 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn.
The victims were attacked shortly before 2 p.m. in their second-floor apartment, police said
The attacker, who knew the victims, got into an argument with the mother and knocked her and the children down with a hammer.
A suspect, who has not yet been identified, was arrested outside the apartment complex
The suspect has yet to face charges for what Chell described as a “brutal” attack
Police also recovered the hammer used in the attack
The investigation is ongoing. The NYPD has not yet released a motive for the attack.
State assemblyman Lester Chang said the victim’s husband and father of the two children work in Ohio and come back once a month. The father is on his way back from Ohio, ABC7 reported.
“We all need to pray for these young children,” said New York State Representative Lester Chang. These two young children are fighting for their lives. And I can only imagine what the father must be going through.’
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