NYPD Kills Knife Attacker in Times Square Stabbings
A 49-year-old Queens woman stabbed two people in Times Square in what authorities described as random, unprovoked attacks. Officers confronted her after she refused to drop two knives and advanced toward them; she was fatally shot. One stabbing victim, a 68-year-old man, survived in stable condition, while the female victim died. The suspect and both victims were hospitalized, and the shooting is under standard investigation; officials defended the officers’ use of force.