Mother killed by man with hammer, two children in surgery in NYC.
A mother was beaten to death with a hammer and her young son and daughter were left fighting for their lives Wednesday in a “horrific and senseless act of violence” at their Brooklyn rooming house, police officials said.
The 43-year-old woman and her battered children — a 5-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl — were found inside their cramped room on the second floor of the Sunset Park building shortly before 2 p.m. by cops responding to a 911 call about an assault in progress, the NYPD said.
The officers arrested a 47-year-old man who was trying to walk out of the building, at 52nd Street near 5th Avenue, when they arrived, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said at a news briefing.