Police: Man Attacks Family Members, Including 7-Year-Old Son, In Queens
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Queens man is under arrest after police said he attacked three of his family members, including his young son, before wounding himself.
It happened around 9 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Jasmine Avenue in Flushing.
Police said the 49-year-old man used a knife and barbell to attack his 7-year-old son, his 44-year-old wife and 77-year-old mother-in-law and then slashed his own throat.
Many neighbors were shocked to hear what happened.
“When I heard the ambulance, I said, ‘what’s happening?’ Then I saw three bodies come out,” neighbor Jessica Kan told CBS2’s Andrea Grymes.
“I don’t even know what to think,” one man told 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck. “I can’t even imagine that it would happen.”
All four were taken to area hospitals.
Investigators said the boy suffered blunt force trauma to the head and is in serious condition. His mother, according to police, also suffered blunt force trauma to the head, had both eye sockets broken and numerous teeth knocked out. Police said the boy’s grandmother had lacerations to her head.
The father is in critical but stable condition. They are all expected to survive.
No one stopped by CBS2 knew the family, but neighbors said they just moved in a few months ago from China and are the homeowner’s relatives. Neighbors described the homeowners as good people.
“They’re a decent family, so you don’t expect anything to happen to them,” said Kan.”They’re normal.”
Charges are pending against the father.
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