Two folks had been harm after a bunch of thugs armed with weapons and hammers stormed their method right into a Queens residence and briefly held the residents hostage, authorities mentioned.
The stunning episode unfolded shortly earlier than 2:30 a.m. Saturday within the neighborhood of Marathon Parkway and Cullman Avenue, police mentioned.
The brute bandits struck a person, 43, within the foot with a hammer and socked a 71-year-old girl within the face, the NYPD mentioned. A 32-year-old man, one other girl, 44, and two kids — a boy, 13, and a lady, 10 — had been additionally in the home however unhurt, cops mentioned.
Police responding to 911 calls encountered a lady who had run out of the home with a child in her arms, the NYPD mentioned. The girl, 40, pleaded for assist, telling the cops three males had pressured their method inside the house and he or she had household nonetheless inside.
The three suspects took an unknown amount of money and escaped out a kitchen window — however had been collared following a quick chase, the police mentioned. It’s unclear how lengthy they had been inside.
“I’m not in any emotion to speak proper now,” a shaken resident of the house later instructed The Put up.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry trumpeted the NYPD’s fast response to thwart additional mayhem, together with flooding the realm with drones.
“Our drones had been capable of reply and supplied invaluable help through the apprehension of the suspects,” Daughtry mentioned in an X put up. “It is very important observe that a number of members of the family had been being held in opposition to their will by three people on the time.”
The three suspects — two 34-year-old males and one other, 39 — had been arrested, an NYPD spokesman mentioned. Costs are pending. The injured adults refused medical consideration on the scene, the spokesman added.
Police had been nonetheless finding out the main points of the stunning crime.
“Due to the swift and coordinated efforts of our Emergency Companies Unit and the devoted officers from each the 109th & 111th precincts, all three suspects had been apprehended with out incident in a short while body,” Daughtry wrote on X.
Main crime within the 111th Precinct is down 13% by Aug. 11 as in comparison with the identical time interval final yr, NYPD information present. Robberies are down 18%.
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