New York City Police haveactually charged a Brooklyn guy with murder for what they called a “horrific and ridiculous” attack on a mom and her 2 kids.
Det. Ron Montas, a representative for NYPD, informed USA TODAY that authorities charged Liyong Ye, 47, with murder, wrongdoer belongings of a weapon, and 2 counts of both tried murder and attack for assaulting Zhao Zhao, 43, and her kids: a 5-year-old kid and 3-year-old woman.
Montas stated the Brooklyn District Attorney’s workplace dealtwith Ye’s arraignment.
The mom passedaway at a New York medicalfacility from her injuries. Montas stated the kids’s conditions are still noted as important.
Police think the attack happened after Ye and the mom got into a conflict. It is unidentified at this time what the conflict was about however NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell stated 3 households, consistingof the suspect and the victims, were living in “tight quarters” in a little apartmentorcondo.
Tributes put in as next-doorneighbors discovered about the case. New York City Councilmember Alexa Aviles of the 38th District composed on X, the social media platform officially understood as Twitter, that the news was awful and askedfor individuals to keep the household in their ideas.
“I think I can speak for all New Yorkers when I can state our neighborhood, our prayers are with this household at this time,” Chell stated in a news conference Wednesday.
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Suspect, victims shared an home together
Chell stated the attack occurred around 2 p.m. in the Sunset Park area. Officers from the 72nd Precinct reacted to a 911 call for a