{"id":84596,"date":"2023-12-04T03:54:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T03:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/new-york-stabbing-knifeman-kills-four-members-of-his-extended-family-including-two-children-police-say-us-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T03:54:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T03:54:31","slug":"new-york-stabbing-knifeman-kills-four-members-of-his-extended-family-including-two-children-police-say-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/new-york-stabbing-knifeman-kills-four-members-of-his-extended-family-including-two-children-police-say-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"New York stabbing: Knifeman kills four members of his extended family, including two children, police say | US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>New York stabbing: Knifeman kills four members of his extended family, including two children, police say | US News<\/h2>\n<p>New York stabbing: Knifeman kills four members of his extended family, including two children, police say | US News<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/23\/12\/70x70\/skynews-new-york-stabbing_6381053.jpg?20231203163253\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Four people, including two children, have been killed by a relative in New York, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Those stabbed to death included a 12-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, a 44-year-old woman and a man in his 30s.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were called to reports of an incident in the city&#8217;s Queens borough after a girl said &#8220;her cousin is killing her family members&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The 11-year-old was found in front of the house and the other three were found inside bedrooms, police added.<\/p>\n<p>A fifth person, a 61-year-old woman, is in a critical condition in hospital after suffering from multiple stab wounds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">The scene in New York<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Suspect Courtney Gordon, 38, was shot dead by police.<\/p>\n<p>The two officers who responded to the scene on Sunday morning were also stabbed, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Maddrey, NYPD chief of patrol, said one officer was struck in the neck and the other in the face.<\/p>\n<p>The two officers were taken to hospital and are expected to recover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more US news:<br \/>Suspect identified in deaths of three homeless people<br \/>Inflatable Santa Claus gunned down in drive-by shooting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The weapon that was used to injure the officers was a typical kitchen steak knife,&#8221; Mr Maddrey told a press conference on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is unknown at this stage if it was the same weapon used against the other victims.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Maddrey said additional offers sent to the scene were not able to enter the home immediately because there was a fire inside the living room.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed Gordon had been visiting the family at their home in the Far Rockaway neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This scene was chaos. Multiple victims, a house on fire, and a mad man on a rampage, on a mission,&#8221; Patrick Hendry, the head of the New York Police Department&#8217;s police union, said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The skill that this police officer had shooting and stopping the threat after he was being stabbed. 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