Woman kills 1 in Times Square stabbing before NYPD shoots her dead
What's new: Police used a Taser before opening fire, and officials said the second victim was in stable condition.
A woman fatally stabbed one person and wounded another in Times Square on Sunday afternoon before New York police shot and killed her after she refused to drop two knives. The attack unfolded near Seventh Avenue and West 41st Street just before 4:30 p.m., according to witness accounts and local officials. Videos cited by witnesses showed officers confronting the woman near West 43rd Street by a NYPD substation, using a Taser, then firing when she moved toward them. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said one victim died and the other was in stable condition at a hospital. Police said the investigation remained active and did not believe the stabbing was tied to terrorism.