Children hurt in Brooklyn hammer attack fighting for their lives
Police said Liyong Ye killed the children's mother with a hammer and then used it to severely injure the 5-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl.
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Police said Liyong Ye killed the children's mother with a hammer and then used it to severely injure the 5-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl.
The children's mother died from her injuries in the attack. CBS New York's Alice Gainer reports.
The attack happened inside the family's apartment on 52nd Street in Sunset Park, where the suspect also lived.
The woman's children are still hospitalized with severe head trauma, CBS New York's Hannah Kliger reports.
Police say the suspect attacked the woman and her two young children Wednesday in Sunset Park. CBS New York's Zinnia Maldonado has the latest from neighbors on the scene.
Police say the family's roommate has been charged with killing the mother and leaving her two young children with critical injuries. CBS New York's Zinnia Maldonado has the very latest from the scene in Sunset Park.
According to police, the suspect lived in the same apartment as the victims, but they are not related.
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A mother is dead and her children are fighting for their lives after a brutal attack with a hammer in Brooklyn. CBS New York's Alecia Reid reports. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3KUwSYa
A woman was killed and two children are fighting for their lives after a hammer attack in Brooklyn on Wednesday, police say. CBS New York's Alecia Reid reports. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3KUwSYa
Police provided an update Wednesday after a mother was killed and two children were seriously injured in a hammer attack in Brooklyn. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3KUwSYa
A woman and two children were assaulted with a blunt object in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3KUwSYa
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