A 49-year-old man is facing a slew of charges for allegedly attacking four children with a meat cleaver in Brooklyn on Sunday, police say.

Longqian Chen has been arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault, menacing a police officer, reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD said Tuesday.

What You Need To Know

  • Longqian Chen, 49, has been charged with attempted murder, assault, menacing a police officer, reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon

  • Police say he attacked four relatives, all females aged 16, 13, 11 and 8, at an apartment in Brooklyn on Sunday

  • Authorities were alerted to the scene when they received a 911 call from an 11-year-old girl who said an uncle had attacked her and her siblings

The incident occurred early Sunday morning at an apartment on 84th Street near 16th Avenue in Bensonhurst, authorities said.

Police said they received a 911 call from an 11-year-old girl who reported that her uncle, identified as Chen, had attacked her and her siblings with a meat cleaver.

Officers responded to the scene and found Chen standing near the apartment entrance holding a bloody meat cleaver, officials said. Despite repeated ordered to drop the weapon, Chen advanced toward officers, prompting them to open fire, according to police.

Police fired a total of seven rounds, striking Chen, who was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition, the NYPD said.

The victims — four girls aged 16, 13, 11 and 8 — sustained serious wounds, but are expected to recover, authorities said.

While the motive for the attack remains unclear, officials on Sunday said relatives told police that Chen has a history of mental illness.

No previous incidents of domestic violence have been reported at the residence, the NYPD said.