Man Charged For Meat Cleaver Attack That Left 4 Injured: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY — A man who attacked four young relatives with a meat cleaver before he was shot by police in Brooklyn has been attempted murder, police announced.

Longqian Chen, 49, is also facing assault, menacing a police officer, child endangerment, reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon charges.

Chen is accused of attacking his daughter, 16, and three nieces, ages 8, 11 and 13, inside a home on the 1600 block of 84th St. in Bensonhurst, police said.

Emergency personnel received a 911 call around 10:15 a.m. Sunday, from an 11-year-old girl who said she and her siblings had been stabbed by her uncle but that she did not know her address, Patch previously reported.

Authorities were able to detect the location of the phone the child was using, and officers responded to the location, according to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

A child who was not hurt let police into the building and officers heard screams coming from behind an apartment door and kicked their way into the unit, where they encountered Chen holding a large cleaver covered in blood, Tisch said. There was also blood on the floor and walls of the home.

Chen did not comply with repeated orders to drop the weapon, instead advancing toward the officers, two of whom fired a total of seven rounds, striking him.

The incident was captured on police body camera.

The 49-year-old man remains in the hospital after the incident and is listed in stable condition after a surgery.

The four girls had serious slash and stab wounds, and were taken to a hospital, but were all expected to survive.