A Queens mother is under investigation after her adult son with autism was found dead from slash wounds inside their Woodside apartment Wednesday morning, hours after she leaped from a highway overpass.
Bryan Wong, 25, was discovered unconscious around 8 a.m. Inside a walk-up building on 59th Street near Laurel Hill Boulevard, law enforcement sources said. He had sustained multiple slash wounds to each wrist and the left side of his neck.
His father called 911 upon finding him mortally wounded on a pull-out couch, the sources said.
EMS workers pronounced Wong dead at the scene.
At least three knives were recovered from the apartment — one in the living room and two in the bathroom, sources said.
Wong, who sources said may be nonverbal, lived with his parents in the Woodside residence.
The discovery of his body came roughly four hours after his mother was found lying in the street beneath the Van Wyck Expressway on Harper Street in Corona.
A nearby driver had spotted her disabled gray Hyundai on the north side of the expressway, sources said.
The woman was discovered around 4 a.m. With a fractured pelvis and femur, police said. She was hospitalized in stable condition.
Investigators found that she had left behind a note concerning her son and his financial information, sources said.
Law enforcement sources said detectives are probing whether the mother was involved in her son’s death, with the case being eyed as a possible murder and attempted suicide.
Wong’s official cause of death remains under investigation by the city medical examiner.
The NYPD has not announced any charges in connection with the case.
The incident has drawn attention to the challenges faced by families caring for adults with autism and developmental disabilities in New York City.
Advocacy groups have long pointed to gaps in respite services, housing options, and mental health support for caregivers of disabled adults.
The Woodside apartment building where Wong lived sits in a working-class neighborhood near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, blocks from the 59th Street subway station.
Neighbors expressed shock at the violence that unfolded in the pre-dawn hours.
The case adds to a series of tragic incidents involving caregivers and disabled family members in the region in recent years.
Wong’s father, who made the 911 call that brought police to the apartment, has not been identified by name in reports.
The mother’s condition and whether she has been questioned by detectives remained unclear.
Her Hyundai, found disabled on the expressway, was towed from the scene as evidence.
The investigation is being handled by the NYPD’s Queens North Homicide Squad.