Overview
- The attack began Monday afternoon when a woman allegedly pulled two knives from a shopping bag and stabbed a 32-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man near West 41st–42nd Street and Seventh Avenue, killing the younger victim.
- Officers located the suspect near the NYPD Times Square substation, spent several minutes ordering her to drop the knives and deployed Tasers that officials say did not stop her before officers fired and struck her.
- The suspect was taken to a hospital and later died, city officials said, and the second stabbing victim was transported to Bellevue Hospital and remains hospitalized.
- Police and city leaders say the attack does not appear to be terrorism-related and that the suspect had a documented mental-health history recorded with the NYPD.
- An internal NYPD review has been opened and city officials said officers’ body-worn camera footage will be released, a step likely to shape public debate about use of force and mental-health responses in crowded public spaces.