Overview

• The 41-year-old woman was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital after sustaining multiple stab wounds to the chest and neck.
• A 54-year-old man and a 2-year-old girl suffered multiple chest injuries and remain in critical condition at Elmhurst and Wyckoff Hospitals respectively.
• The attack unfolded just after 7 p.m. Saturday in a third-floor apartment on Forest Avenue near Menahan Street in Ridgewood, Queens.
• Police say officers found the victims unconscious at the scene and have made no arrests as the NYPD continues its investigation.
• The incident is the latest in a two-year surge of domestic and random knife violence in New York City that officials link to mental health issues and household conflicts.