Police: Mom attacks officers helping mortally wounded toddler

MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- Authorities say police officers trying to help a severely injured toddler have been attacked by her mother at a suburban New York home and have shot and wounded the woman. They say the toddler later died.

Officers went to the home in Mamaroneck on Saturday afternoon and found the 2-year-old girl in need of medical help. They had been responding to a frantic 911 call, reports CBS New York. Other officers searching the home found the toddler's 28-year-old mother.

Authorities say the mother attacked two police officers with a knife.

Police say officers used a stun gun to no avail before shooting the woman, who has been hospitalized.

The toddler was taken to a hospital but died there. An autopsy will determine the cause of her death.

Neighbors told CBS New York the officers had been questioning a man at the home the day before.

Two officers were treated for minor injuries, and two others were evaluated, reports CBS New York.

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