Queens 8-year-old child killer shot in July 4 clash by NYPD dies
The 20-year-old Queens man shot by responding cops after he fatally stabbed an 8-year-old boy and was found holding a knife to his father’s neck has died, police said Friday.
The man died of his wounds at the hospital following the Fourth of July clash, an NYPD spokesman confirmed. His name was not immediately released.
Cops were called to a doorman building on 94th Ave. near Sutphin Blvd. in Jamaica around 5:15 p.m. after a wounded 29-year-old woman ran into a nearby train station and asked an MTA cop for help.
When the NYPD arrived, they were directed to the building and a fifth-floor apartment, where they found the suspect in the kitchen holding a knife to his 43-year-old father’s neck.
As the man held his father’s head over a kitchen sink, the officers issued numerous commands in both English and Spanish to drop the knife, but he refused.
“They have to use their weapons to save this man’s life and that is what they did,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said at a brief press conference following the shooting.
An officer fired one round, striking the attacker, police said. A bloody kitchen knife was recovered at the scene.
Cops found the mortally 8-year-old boy in the apartment, officials said. Also inside the apartment was an 8-month-old baby girl, who was unharmed, cops said.
The 29-year-old woman who alerted authorities is believed to be the suspect’s stepmother, according to officials and witnesses.
The baby, her parents, and the mortally wounded boy — believed to be the attacker’s brother or stepbrother — were taken to an area hospital, where the child died. Both adults were expected to survive the traumatic event.
A woman standing across the street from the building watched as medics brought the suspect and victims out.
“I saw them bring the guy out,” said Rosalyn Blair, 34. “He was restrained. He was tied across his arms and across his legs to the stretcher.”
The suspect was bleeding from the head as medics loaded him into an ambulance, according to Blair.
“A female officer was holding a baby girl in a blanket,” Blair continued. “She looked fine, she wasn’t crying or anything.”
The officers involved were taken to North Shore University Hospital for observation.
