A machete-wielding maniac was charged with attempted murder after attacking and injuring three NYPD officers in Brooklyn on Monday, police told FOX News Digital.
The attack occurred around 3:30 p.m. when police responded to a report of an emotionally unstable 40-year-old man inside an East Flatbush apartment on New York Avenue.
Police say they attempted to take Jean Blaine into custody during a violent struggle inside a residence near Beverly Road.
NYPD badge for police officers. A machete-wielding maniac attacked and injured three New York City police officers in Brooklyn on Monday. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Police said the suspect, who lost consciousness, slashed the officer in the side of the head with the weapon.
The second officer suffered a minor wrist injury, and the third officer sustained a shoulder injury.
East Flatbush is identified on the map. (Google Maps)
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The three injured officers were taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, and Blaine was taken into custody.
Blaine is also charged with assault, menacing and weapons possession.
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About an hour later, a fourth NYPD officer was injured in a separate attack by another unwanted New Yorker, the New York Post reported.
The sun sets behind the New York skyline. A machete-wielding maniac attacked and injured three NYPD officers in Brooklyn on Monday, according to Fox 5. (AP Photo/Julia Nickinson)
The incident occurred at approximately 4:45 p.m. inside the 42nd Street Bryant Park Station, where police attempted to remove a disorderly man from the station who had become involved in an altercation with a group of teenagers.
However, the man became enraged and punched the officer in the face, before being arrested pending charges.
