{"id":222685,"date":"2026-09-01T03:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nypd-shoots-woman-with-knife-near-times-square-after-she-attacked-at-least-2-people-officials-say-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T03:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:06:59","slug":"nypd-shoots-woman-with-knife-near-times-square-after-she-attacked-at-least-2-people-officials-say-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nypd-shoots-woman-with-knife-near-times-square-after-she-attacked-at-least-2-people-officials-say-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD shoots woman with knife near Times Square after she attacked at least 2 people, officials say &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>Authorities fatally shot a woman near New York City\u2019s Times Square after she allegedly stabbed two people in a pair of attacks officials described Monday as \u201crandom and unprovoked.\u201d<br \/>One of the victims, identified as a 32-year-old woman, died at a local hospital after she was stabbed in the abdomen, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters.<br \/> \u201cThis was an extraordinarily dangerous situation unfolding in the heart of Times Square, the crossroads of the world at any given moment,\u201d Tisch said.<br \/>The second victim, a 68-year-old man who is in stable condition, had just gotten off the subway and was waiting to cross the street with his wife when he was stabbed, Tisch said.<br \/>The attacks occurred 20 seconds apart on Monday afternoon, she said. <br \/>A witness saw the suspect, identified as a 49-year-old woman from Queens, remove two knives from a red shopping bag before she approached the first victim.<br \/>Officers shot the woman after she threatened to kill the officers and advanced toward them, Tisch said.<br \/>They opened fire after stun guns proved ineffective, she said.<br \/>Disturbing video of the incident shared on social media shows a woman surrounded by officers. A series of gunshots and the sound of a stun gun can be heard as the woman moves toward the officers while waving something.<br \/>The video shows the woman falling to the ground.<strong> <\/strong><br \/>Tisch said the suspect had no criminal record. She had a documented mental health history with the department, she said. <br \/>Tom Winter is NBC\u2019s National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Correspondent.  <br \/>Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.<br \/>Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOT1hFNFFWZXUtbHFXNDlYN3ZvU3dqYnRheXhVVlNGMDNyRVp4M1pvWEpKVmVXMm40eHdQa2Z0Y1p0V1JvNWZhNkxOdE1oc240WEVpLU1EY3ZhQ3c5MXlhdlEtN0g1VmRFWS1qamRtalAyUEl0dm9BeUVNRmVDYnZmMFJNNG8?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeAuthorities fatally shot a woman near New York City\u2019s Times Square after she allegedly stabbed two people in a pair of attacks officials described Monday as \u201crandom and unprovoked.\u201dOne of the victims, identified as a 32-year-old woman, died at a local hospital after she was stabbed in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}