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Police: Mom Attacks Officers Helping Child, Who Later Dies
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say police officers trying to help a severely injured toddler have been attacked by her mother at a suburban New York home and have shot and wounded the woman. They say the toddler later died.
Officers went to the home in Mamaroneck on Saturday afternoon and found the 2-year-old girl in need of medical help. Other officers searching the home found the toddler's 28-year-old mother.
Authorities say the mother attacked two police officers with a knife.
Police say officers used a stun gun to no avail before shooting the woman, who has been hospitalized.
The toddler was taken to a hospital but died there. An autopsy will determine the cause of her death.
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