一名49岁的男子挥舞着沾满鲜血的切肉刀，周日被纽约市警察开枪打成重伤刺伤四名年轻女孩当局称，相信是他的亲戚。
NYPD警察局长杰西卡·蒂施(Jessica Tisch)周日在袭击发生的住宅外举行的新闻发布会上说，两名警察在嫌疑袭击者强行进入住宅时向他们开火，据称他无视反复发出的放下血腥武器的命令，并走向警察。
Tisch说，当他们到达布鲁克林Bensonhurst社区的公寓时，警察发现了一个“可怕的场景”，墙壁和地板上都溅满了血。
这位专员说，当其中一名受害者，一名11岁的女孩，在袭击发生时跑着躲在卧室里拨打911时，警察来到了她家。
“11岁的打电话者说，她和她的兄弟姐妹被他们的叔叔刺伤了，”Tisch说。
Tisch说，女孩不知道她的地址，警方使用技术追踪孩子用来打电话的电话，以找到正在进行的攻击的位置。
“警察和急救人员在接到911电话的几分钟内就赶到了门口。他们快速、果断的行动确定了位置并把门打开，绝对救了这些年轻女孩的命，”Tisch说。
Tisch说，事件发生在上午10:15左右。她说，一旦袭击开始，一个与该家庭有关系的小男孩跑到邻居的公寓寻求帮助，并让警察进入大楼。
Tisch说，当他们听到从他们左边的一个公寓传来的尖叫声时，警官们正站在大楼的一个门厅里。她说，警察随后踢开了公寓的门。
“一旦他们进入，他们遇到一名男子站在门口附近，手里拿着一把沾满鲜血的大切肉刀，他们可以看到地板上和墙上的血迹，”Tisch说。
她说，嫌疑人多次被命令放下武器。
“他拒绝了，并向他们走去，”Tisch说。"两名警官开枪，一共打了7发子弹，击中了目标，结束了威胁。"
警方称，嫌疑人被送往布鲁克林的迈蒙尼德医疗中心，情况危急。
Tisch说受害者——年龄分别为8岁、11岁、13岁和16岁的四个姐妹——都遭受了严重的刀伤和刺伤。他们还被带到迈蒙尼德接受治疗。所有的受害者都有望幸存。
袭击的动机仍在调查中。
NYPD警察局局长约翰·切尔说，侦探们正试图确认受害者和嫌疑人之间的关系。他说，袭击发生时，孩子的母亲不在家。
切尔说，嫌疑人的亲属告诉警方，他有精神病史，住在袭击发生的家里。
他补充说，初步调查显示，NYPD此前没有接到过向该地址送达的电话。
除了切肉刀，警方还从现场找到了第二把菜刀，Tisch说这把刀也沾满了血。
Tisch说，警察开枪的镜头被警察佩戴的随身摄像机捕捉到了。
'Horrific scene' as police take down man allegedly attacking 4 young girls in NYC
A 49-year-old man wielding a blood-covered meat cleaver was shot and critically injured by New York City police officers on Sunday after allegedlystabbing four young girlsbelieved to be his relatives in their home, authorities said.
Two officers opened fire on the suspected attacker when they forced their way into the home and he allegedly ignored repeated orders to drop the bloody weapon and stepped toward the officers, NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference Sunday outside the home where the attack occurred.
Tisch said officers found a "horrific scene" with the walls and floors spattered with blood when they arrived at the apartment in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn.
The commissioner said officers went to the home when one of the victims, an 11-year-old girl, called 911 after running and hiding in a bedroom as the attack was going on.
"The 11-year-old caller stated that she and her siblings had been stabbed by their uncle," Tisch said.
Tisch said the girl didn't know her address and police used technology to trace the phone the child used to make the call to find the location of the assault in progress.
"Officers and EMS arrived at the door within minutes of receiving the 911 call. Their fast, decisive action pinpointing the location and taking down the door absolutely saved the lives of these young girls," Tisch said.
The incident unfolded around 10:15 a.m., Tisch said. She said that once the attack began, a young boy who is related to the family ran to a neighbor's apartment to get help and let police into the building when they arrived.
Tisch said officers were standing in a vestibule of the building when they heard screams coming from an apartment to their left. Officers then kicked open the door to the apartment, she said.
"Once they entered, they encountered a man standing near the entrance holding a large meat cleaver covered in blood and they could see blood on the floor and the walls of the home," Tisch said.
She said the suspect was ordered several times to drop the weapon.
"He refused and advanced toward them," Tisch said. "Two officers discharged their firearms, firing seven total rounds between them, striking the subject, ending the threat."
The suspect was taken to Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, where he was in critical condition, police said.
Tisch said the victims -- four sisters ages 8, 11, 13 and 16 -- all suffered serious slash and stab wounds. They were also taken to Maimonides, where they were being treated. All of the victims are expected to survive.
A motive for the attack remains under investigation.
NYPD Chief of Department John Chell said detectives are attempting to confirm the relationship between the victims and the suspect. He said the mother of the children was not at home at the time of the attack.
Chell said relatives of the suspect told police he has a history of mental illness and lives at the home where the attack occurred.
He added that the preliminary investigation shows that the NYPD had received no previous calls for service to the address.
Besides the meat cleaver, police recovered a second kitchen knife from the scene that Tisch said was also covered in blood.
Tisch said the police shooting was captured on police-worn body cameras.
