Man Kills Four Relatives and Stabs Police
A New York man killed four relatives – including two children – in a deadly stabbing attack in Queens, police say.
Police were called to the home after a teenage girl called 911 and said her cousin was “killing her family.”
Victims included a 12-year-old boy, 11-year-old girl, 44-year-old woman, and a man in his 30’s.
A 61-year-old woman and two police officers were also stabbed before police fatally shot the suspect, identified as 39-year-old Courtney Gordon of the Bronx.
Gordon had a previous arrest for strangulation domestic violence on his record.
The victims’ identities or their relationship to Gordon have not been made public.