Multiple dead, 2 officers injured after suspect in Far Rockaway, Queens: police

FAR ROCKAWAY, Queens (WABC) — The NYPD was involved in a deadly shooting in Queens Sunday morning after a domestic dispute left four dead.

Officials say a man fatally stabbed four people inside a Far Rockaway home on Beach 22nd Street.

Three of the stabbed victims were pronounced dead in the home.

They say the suspect then set the house on fire as he fled. The fire was minor and was put out by a sprinkler system.

Police say the man encountered responding officers in the street and slashed two of them, before officers fatally shot him.

A fourth stabbed person died, and a 13-year-old girl is in critical condition.

The two NYPD officers slashed were taken to Jamaica Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation is ongoing.

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