11-year-old hailed a hero for calling cops in middle of uncle’s alleged meat cleaver attack

An 11-year-old miss successful New York who raced to telephone 911 aft her uncle began stabbing her and her sisters is being hailed arsenic a leader — and the apt crushed she and her siblings are inactive alive.

On Sunday, constabulary rushed to a location connected 84th Street astir 10:15 a.m. aft the injured 11-year-old miss locked herself successful her chamber and called 911 to study that her uncle had gone connected a stabbing rampage, according to the New York Post.

The miss did not cognize her address, constabulary said, but officers were capable to usage accusation gathered from her telephone to way her to an code successful Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

Police arrived wrong minutes and were fto into the location by an uninjured child.

“At that constituent they heard screams coming from down the doorway to their near and instantly began forcing their mode into the apartment, kicking down the door,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters during a briefing astatine the country of the incident.

When constabulary entered the home, they recovered a antheral adjacent the entranceway holding a large, bloody nutrient cleaver. They besides saw humor covering the level of the home, according to Tisch. Police ordered the antheral to driblet his weapon respective times, but helium allegedly refused and began walking toward the officers.

That's erstwhile a brace of constabulary officers changeable the man, who has been identified arsenic Longqian Chen.

“Two officers discharged their firearms, firing 7 full rounds betwixt them, striking the subject, ending the threat,” Tisch said.

Chen was deed erstwhile successful the caput and doubly successful the torso, but survived and was rushed to a infirmary for treatment.

According to the commissioner, 4 girls — ages 16, 13, 11 and 8 — were injured. All of the girls suffered "serious slash and stab wounds" and were rushed to the Maimonides Medical Center for treatment.

The girls are expected to survive.

“This could person ended precise differently,” the commissioner said. She besides noted that a 5-year-old lad was surviving successful the location astatine the clip of the attack, but helium ran to telephone for assistance instantly aft the unit began.

Tisch said Chen's nonstop narration to the household was inactive being determined. According to ABC7, Chen’s household members said the antheral has struggled with intelligence unwellness for immoderate time, and helium been hospitalized for schizophrenia.

“Right present we cognize determination were 5 children, 4 hurt,” she said. “This mightiness beryllium the begetter of immoderate of them oregon the uncle. And, again, we’re going to enactment done that. And we judge the parent was retired of the house.”

Police person not revealed a motive successful the attack, and the lawsuit remains nether investigation.