MOUNT HOPE, The Bronx (WABC) — Two young boys, ages 3-years old-old and 11-months old, were stabbed to death in the Bronx Saturday night, and police say their mother is in custody.
Police say the homicides happened at a family shelter on Echo Place in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx, where the boys were found with multiple stab wounds to the neck and torso.
NYPD hold update on stabbing deaths:
Police first responded to an initial call at 7:30 p.m., when they found the mother inside the apartment on the third floor acting erratically. Sources say the mother then tried to burn the apartment down with the stove and then turned the water on.
Police say the mother, who is a person of interest in the deaths, was taken to the hospital for evaluation and remains in custody.
Less than an hour later, a second 911 call was received, this time reporting two unresponsive children at the same location. Officers returned to the apartment where they found the boys with stab wounds.
Neighbors who live down the hall say they heard the parents of the two young boys arguing and screaming earlier in the night. They also heard the boy’s father crying for help.
“He was screaming hysterically. He was screaming, ‘Help me!’ And I came and opened my door and I see him coming down the hall with the two boys in his arms. They were dead, they were dead. There was blood everywhere,” neighbor Shannon Holyfield said.
Officers and another family member attempted to resuscitate the boys, who were rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital where they were declared dead.
“It’s something that they are going to have to live with and think about probably for the rest of their lives. We have very experienced police officers. I think they are the best. They are able to handle and cope with any situation,” NYPD Deputy Chief Louis De Ceglie said at a news conference Saturday evening.
A memorial was started outside the shelter Sunday morning in memory of the two young victims.
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