A Long Island, New York, teenager with a history of psychiatric problems killed his 15-year-old brother and brutally beat his mother - a respected physician into a coma over the weekend
DailyMail UK reports.
Charles Okonkwo Jr., 18, has been charged with assault on his mother,
Chinwe Okonkwo, 52, on
Saturday in Dix Hill, New York, but does not yet face charges on the death of
Bradley Okonkwo.
Mrs Okonkwo, a Brooklyn doctor, has received the
Congressional Leadership Award and runs
Hope Outreach Foundation, a non-profit organization that promote public health in Brooklyn and across the world.
Charles Okonkwo Sr., Mrs Okonkwo's husband, returned home from a hospital stay on Saturday night and found his son Bradley dead in his bedroom. His wife was laying unconscious in a pool of blood next to her car in the garage. Mrs Okonkwo was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where she remains in critical condition. She suffered facial fractures and doctors have had to relieve swelling on her brain.
Medical examiners could not immediately determine Bradley Okonkwo's cause of death and are doing more tests to try to determine how he died. In court on Sunday, a defense said that Charles Okonkwo Jr. had a history of mental illness, but didn't elaborate on what sorts of problems he has.
Authorities also offered no motive for the alleged attack. Members of Long Island's Nigerian immigrant community stopped by the Okonkwo house on Sunday to pay their respects to the family.
'This is very tragic. No one saw it coming,' family friend
Lawrence Monwe said.
'This was the perfect family you wouldn't expect it to happen to.'
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