Shiezoli · Aug 31, 2026
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A knife-wielding mentally ill woman who killed a stranger and left another in critical condition in a bloody stabbing spree near Times Square was shot and killed by NYPD cops Monday after refusing to drop the knives she was swinging, according to witnesses and law enforcement. The suspect attacked her first victim at W. 41st St. and Seventh Ave. in Midtown around 4:25 p.m., sources said. She stabbed the second victim a block north at W. 42nd St. before continuing to W. 43rd St., where she was shot when at least one officer opened fire, sources said. Both stabbing victims, a man and a woman, and the suspect were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where the wounded woman and the suspect died, according to sources. The man is in critical condition, sources said.
