NYPD responding to gas leak find 2 kids dead, woman with wrists slashed

NEW YORK – New York City police responding to a gas leak at an apartment in the Bronx found two young children dead and a woman with lacerations to her wrists.

The bodies of a 5-year-old boy and a 4-month-old girl were found shortly before midnight Thursday after police responded to a 911 call of a gas leak.

A 29-year-old woman was found in the apartment with minor lacerations to her wrists. She was taken to a hospital where she was listed in stable condition.

The names were withheld pending family notification.

An investigation is continuing.