Four girls were slashed Sunday in an attack that ended when a cleaver-wielding man was shot by New York City police.
The victims were 8, 11, 13 and 16 years old, according to WABC-TV.
The 11-year-old girl called 911, but there was a glitch.
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“The 11-year-old caller stated that she and her siblings had been stabbed by her uncle. She did not know her address,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Tisch said police traced the 10:15 a.m. call to the Bensonhurst area, where police entered an apartment building, according to WNYW.
She said, responding officers “heard screams coming from behind the door to their left and immediately began forcing their way into the apartment,” WABC reported.
“Once they entered, they encountered a man standing near
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