Here, New York authorities are searching for a motive after
horrific fatal stabbings.
Police say a man killed four people,
including two children, in what's believed to have been a
family dispute.
Two officers were also wounded before the suspect was killed.
Authorities say the suspect tried to then set the home
on fire.
Here's ABC's Morgan Norwood.
Tonight a horrific scene in Far Rockaway,
Queens, where police say a man went on a stabbing
rampage before setting the house on fire and then attacking
officers.
Scene was chaos.
Multiple victims, a house on fire.
And a madman on a rampage on a mission the
first calls for help,
coming in around 5:00 this morning from a young girl
telling dispatchers her cousin is killing her family members.
First responders racing to the home.
Police confronting the suspect, 38 year old Courtney Gordon in
the driveway.
The male draws a knife on officers.
He stabs one officer in the neck chest area.
She strikes the second officer in the head.
Officers immediately shooting Gordon. He was taken to the hospital
where he was pronounced dead.
Officers tried to go inside,
but the flames were tearing through the living room.
Once the fire was put out,
police say they made yet another disturbing discovery.
We found another three victims,
all all dead in all,
a family of four, an 11 year old girl,
12 year old boy, a 44 year old woman and
a man in his 30s.
Tonight, authorities are working to determine what caused Gordon to
snap.
On his own family.
And Lindsey, we're learning those two officers are expected to
be OK.
In fact, one set to be released from the hospital
as soon as tonight.
Lindsey. Alright. Glad to hear that it's true.
Morgan. Thank you.