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   A 49-year-old man wielding a blood-covered meat cleaver was shot and   
   critically injured by New York City police officers on Sunday after   
   allegedly stabbing four young girls believed to be his relatives in their   
   home, authorities said.   
      
   Two officers opened fire on the suspected attacker when they forced their   
   way into the home and he allegedly ignored repeated orders to drop the   
   bloody weapon and stepped toward the officers, NYPD Police Commissioner   
   Jessica Tisch said at a news conference Sunday outside the home where the   
   attack occurred.   
      
   Tisch said officers found a "horrific scene" with the walls and floors   
   spattered with blood when they arrived at the apartment in the Bensonhurst   
   neighborhood of Brooklyn.   
      
   The commissioner said officers went to the home when one of the victims,   
   an 11-year-old girl, called 911 after running and hiding in a bedroom as   
   the attack was going on.   
      
   "The 11-year-old caller stated that she and her siblings had been stabbed   
   by their uncle," Tisch said.   
      
   Tisch said the girl didn't know her address and police used technology to   
   trace the phone the child used to make the call to find the location of   
   the assault in progress.   
      
   "Officers and EMS arrived at the door within minutes of receiving the 911   
   call. Their fast, decisive action pinpointing the location and taking down   
   the door absolutely saved the lives of these young girls," Tisch said.   
      
   The incident unfolded around 10:15 a.m., Tisch said. She said that once   
   the attack began, a young boy who is related to the family ran to a   
   neighbor's apartment to get help and let police into the building when   
   they arrived.   
      
   Tisch said officers were standing in a vestibule of the building when they   
   heard screams coming from an apartment to their left. Officers then kicked   
   open the door to the apartment, she said.   
      
   "Once they entered, they encountered a man standing near the entrance   
   holding a large meat cleaver covered in blood and they could see blood on   
   the floor and the walls of the home," Tisch said.   
      
   She said the suspect was ordered several times to drop the weapon.   
      
   "He refused and advanced toward them," Tisch said. "Two officers   
   discharged their firearms, firing seven total rounds between them,   
   striking the subject, ending the threat."   
      
   The suspect was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, where he   
   was in critical condition, police said.   
      
   Tisch said the victims -- four sisters ages 8, 11, 13 and 16 -- all   
   suffered serious slash and stab wounds. They were also taken to   
   Maimonides, where they were being treated. All of the victims are expected   
   to survive.   
      
   A motive for the attack remains under investigation.   
      
   NYPD Chief of Department John Chell said detectives are attempting to   
   confirm the relationship between the victims and the suspect. He said the   
   mother of the children was not at home at the time of the attack.   
      
   Chell said relatives of the suspect told police he has a history of mental   
   illness and lives at the home where the attack occurred.   
      
   He added that the preliminary investigation shows that the NYPD had   
   received no previous calls for service to the address.   
      
   Besides the meat cleaver, police recovered a second kitchen knife from the   
   scene that Tisch said was also covered in blood.   
      
   Tisch said the police shooting was captured on police-worn body cameras.   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-york-city-police-officers-shoot-man-   
   wielding/story?id=120541420   
      
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