Brooklyn man who allegedly chopped off wife's arm is caught in food court near Niagara Falls
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A New York City man who allegedly cut off his pregnant wife's arm and escaped Brooklyn was arrested near Niagara Falls on Saturday — as police said he may have been plotting to swim to Canada.
Yong Lu, 35, was taken into custody in the One Niagara building around 7:45 p.m., The Buffalo News reported.
Niagara Falls Police tweeted a photo of Lu getting arrested in a food court. The department credited the New York Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force for aiding in the arrest.
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Lu was wanted for allegedly cutting off his wife's arm and two fingers on her left hand with a steak knife in Sunset Park on Thursday just after noon, according to the New York Post.
Lu's wife, 31-year-old Yang Li, was inside their home waiting for their 7-year-old son to finish school. Lu reportedly became angry and went on a rampage.
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Li was rushed to a hospital, where emergency responders learned of her pregnancy. She was placed into a medically induced coma, and surgeon reportedly reattached her arm.
Lu was wearing a life jacket when he was arrested — and police believed "he was going to swim across" to Canada, Deputy Marshal Brent Novak told The Buffalo News.
He also tried to hop on a bus as a stowaway, Novak added. "He talked to a bus driver and asked to ride over to Canada in the luggage compartment," Novak said, but added the bus driver wouldn't let him.
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Lu, according to WIVB, was transported back to New York City either late Saturday or early Sunday.