A mother is in custody after an 11-month-old boy and a 3-year-old boy were stabbed to death in the Bronx on Saturday night.
NYPD responded to a call from an emotionally disturbed person at a family shelter apartment around 7:20 p.m. When they arrived, they found a naked 24-year-old female acting erratically but non-violently.
Officers were told the woman was “trying to burn items inside the kitchen area,” Patrol Borough Bronx Deputy Chief Louis De Ceglie said during a news conference.
The woman was detained for a psychological evaluation. Before leaving for the hospital, a family friend told officers that the children were with his father.
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NYPD Deputy Chief Louis De Ceglie of Patrol Borough Bronx held a news conference Saturday night about the mother accused of stabbing her sons to death.
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The woman was taken from the facility at approximately 7:50 p.m. Approximately five minutes later, a second 911 call from the same location reported that two babies were not breathing. Officers returned to the apartment and found the boys with multiple stab wounds to the neck and torso, unresponsive.
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New York police responded to two calls at the same apartment Saturday night in the Bronx.
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Officers and a family member tried to resuscitate the children as they waited for an ambulance, which took them to a hospital where they died, police said.
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De Ceglie said the father is not in custody and the mother is in custody as a person of interest.
“She has not been arrested,” De Ceglie said.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
