Police have arrested a New York City man accused of cutting his pregnant wife’s arm offbefore going on the run, PEOPLE learns.
Yong Lu, 35, was captured in Niagara Falls, about 400 miles away, on Saturday night.
A rookie officer made the arrest after spotting Lu, who was wanted by the New York Police Department, in a restaurant, according to the Niagara Falls police.
Lu allegedly fled after attacking his wife inside their Brooklyn apartment on Thursday.
An NYPD source tells PEOPLE Lu allegedly used a steak knife to cut off his 35-year-old wife’s right arm in an alleged domestic dispute.
He also allegedly cut off two of the fingers on her left hand.
His wife was transported to Bellevue Hospital where she remains in stable condition after surgeons successfully reattached her arm.
The wife is pregnant, and the unborn child was not harmed in the attack, the source tells PEOPLE.
When Lu was detained, he was carrying a life jacket with him.
Police allege he was planning to swim across a river to gain access to Canada.
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