A cop is in critical condition after he was beaten in Hamilton Heights this morning with a broken piece of statue shaped as an elephant trunk, witnesses said.
The injured officer was trying to break up a domestic brawl between a crazed man and his grandmother inside a building on St. Nicholas Avenue and West 145th Street at 8:10 a.m., police said.
A bystander flagged down officers outside and led them to suspect Dominick Anderson, his family said.
“My son has psychiatric problems, he thinks my mother is doing the voodoo on him,” said Mary Anderson, mom of the suspect.
David McGlynn
Mary Anderson, the mother of Dominick Anderson who allegedly beat a police officer with an elephant trunk this morning in Hamilton Heights.
Mary Anderson couldn't believe what she had just seen: “Oh my God, oh my God.”
The officers went inside and tried to pry the suspect off 62-year-old Beverly Holmes, police and family said.
Dominick Anderson was swinging a broken off piece of an elephant statue -- the trunk -- and struck the officer in the head, cops and family said.
"He needs help, he's not a murderer,” Mary Anderson said. "I went to the hospital, my mother is in critical condition, they are trying to charge him with attempted murder."
The grandmother was taken to Harlem Hospital, also in critical condition, police said. She suffered a stab wound to the head, according to the FDNY.
The wounded officer was rushed to St. Luke’s Hospital in critical but stable condition, cops said.
"It's a family tragedy,” the heartbroken mom said. "He's a good boy."
Five other officers suffered minor injuries and were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
The suspect is in stable condition at Harlem Hospital, where he’ll undergo a psychiatric evaluation, officials said.
He’s in police custody but has not been formally charged yet, authorities said.
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