A New York City 47-year-old “Liyong Ye” man, accused of killing a mother and critically injuring her two children in a hammer attack in Brooklyn on Wednesday, faces murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police investigation:-
When Police Department officers arrived at the apartment of the building, they discovered the 43-year-old mother, her 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter inside their apartment and suffering from severe injuries to their heads.
An investigation determined all three victims were attacked by a hammer, police said “they were taken to a local hospital, where the mother was pronounced dead”.
Arresting the killer:-
He was soon arrested while trying to exit the residential building, where police observed that the blood was stained all over his body at the time of his arrest, and the hammer believed to be the weapon used in the attack was found at the scene.
So far the motive for the attack is unknown at the moment.
