Investigators believe the suspect started a fire inside the house before he tried to leave and was shot by police.

A man wielding a steak knife killed four members of his extended family, including two children, at a home in the Queens borough of New York City early on Sunday before being shot dead by police, authorities said.

A New York City man is accused of stabbing four family members to death, before lighting a couch on fire and later getting into a confrontation with police. New York City Police Department (NYPD) officials released information about the incident on Sunday morning,