NYPD shoots woman with knife near Times Square after she attacked at least 2 people, officials say
Police said the attack was random and unprovoked, and officers used stun guns before shooting the suspect, who later died at Bellevue Hospital.
- On Monday, August 31, 2026, NYPD officers fatally shot 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros in Times Square after she randomly stabbed two people near West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue, killing one victim.
- Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch identified Cisneros as a Queens resident with a 'documented mental health history with the NYPD' but no prior arrests, stating the attack was random, unprovoked, and not terrorism-related.
- During the four-minute standoff, responding officers confronted Cisneros near a substation, issuing repeated commands to drop the weapons; after Tasers failed to incapacitate her, multiple officers discharged their firearms.
- The 32-year-old female victim died at Bellevue Hospital, while the 68-year-old male victim remains in stable condition; Mayor Zohran Mamdani said families' "lives have been shattered by what took place today."
- This incident marks the second fatal stabbing in Times Square this year, occurring despite a 24% drop in overall homicides citywide, underscoring ongoing security concerns in the heavily touristed district.
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A woman armed with a knife killed one person and injured another in New York's Times Square on Monday before being shot dead by police.
Police fatally shoot woman who stabbed two people in New York's Times Square
NEW YORK — A woman was shot dead by New York police on Monday after she stabbed two people in Times Square. A second victim remains hospitalized in stable condition, officials told a press conference..The alleged attacker, identified by the police as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros of Queens, was shot by police after officers confronted her following the stabbings in West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue.Jessica Tisch, the New York City police commiss…
In New York, police shot and killed a 49-year-old woman who allegedly stabbed two people in a "random and unprovoked" knife attack in Times Square. One of the victims died from her injuries, while the other is in stable condition in hospital. Police said the suspect had a documented history of mental health issues.
A woman with a history of mental health problems randomly attacked two people in Times Square. She refused to drop the two knives (which she had taken out of a bag) and was killed by the police.
The NYPD has shot down a woman who has killed one person and stabbed another seriously in Times Square. The events took place on Monday afternoon. “First thing this afternoon, a woman carrying several knives stabbed two other people in Times Square, on Seventh Avenue,” said the mayor of the city, Zohran Mamdani, who lamented the death of one of the victims, as well as stating that the other remains “stable” at Bellevue Hospital. In his intervent…
Two die after stabbing in New York's Times Square
A knife-wielding woman stabbed and killed a person and injured another in New York’s tourist-filled Times Square on Monday, before she was shot and killed by police. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the deaths in a press conference, saying that the second victim was in a stable condition in a hospital. The attacker, identified as 49-year-old Read More: https://punchng.com/two-die-after-stabbing-in-new-yorks-times-square/
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