BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – We’re learning new disturbing details about a horrific quadruple homicide in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
Four members of the same family, including two young children, have died. A family member is now in custody.
Police say they were called to an apartment at the corner of West 8th and Avenue P around 10:30 p.m. Friday night about an assault that was in progress.
Sources say a man came home to find his wife, two young children, and his mother inside the apartment, all suffering from stab wounds.
They were all pronounced dead at the scene.
Police then arrested the man’s 24-year-old brother.
A woman named Guzal lives in the building and says she knew one of the women. “She always helped me when I came ten years before, and she was always helpful.”
Neighbors say the family was originally from Uzbekistan and had lived in the building for years.
Jennifer Ponti was still reeling after seeing officers remove body bags from the apartment.
Ponti said, “It’s sad. It’s horrible. Babies shouldn’t die no matter what.”
Detectives believe the stabbings took place due to a domestic dispute.
The 24-year-old man is now a person of interest in the deaths of his own mother, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew.
He was taken into custody for questioning.
One neighbor says after the stabbings, a large crowd gathered to console the family outside.
Juan Perez said, “There were multiple men sobbing and crying inconsolably and multiple men trying to console and just cries.”
“It’s heartbreaking to hear this. They didn’t deserve this.”
The victims have been identified as 56-year-old Fayzieva Mavlyuda, 27-year-old Maftuna Khakimova, 5-year-old Kamila Shavkatova, and 4-year-old Timur Shavkatov.
Police have not released the identity of the 24-year-old person of interest.
