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Woman shot and killed by police after fatally stabbing woman, injuring man in Times Square: NYPD
ABC7 New York • • nation
Key Points:
- A female stabbing victim and the woman shot by police in Times Square on Monday afternoon have died from their injuries, according to police sources.
- A male stabbing victim remains in critical condition after being attacked by the same female suspect.
- The suspect, described as emotionally disturbed, threatened people with two knives and stabbed the victims near 42nd and Seventh Avenue around 4:26 p.m. before fleeing toward the NYPD substation.
- Police shot the woman after she refused to drop the knives, firing at 4:27 p.m. and striking her.
- The incident, initially reported as a knifepoint robbery, is now believed to have no clear motive, and traffic remains closed from West 42nd to West 47th Street as the investigation continues.
